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This chapter brings out the motivation for our research, together with the rudimentary background information on high-speed serial interface standards. The chapter then enumerates the challenges that we are facing in high-speed serial interface testing, validation and debugging, and finally outlines our solutions to some of the most pressing challenges.

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Fan, Y., Zilic, Z. (2011). Introduction. In: Accelerating Test, Validation and Debug of High Speed Serial Interfaces. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9398-1_1

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