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# Modeling

This section covers how to construct the ILA formal model through ILAng's programming interface. You will learn how to define each component of the ILA model. 

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## ILA formal model

As described in [TODAES18](https://bo-yuan-huang.github.io/ILAng-Doc/todaes18.pdf), the ILA formal model has several valuable attributes for modeling and verification. It is modular, with functionality expressed as **a set of instructions**. It enables meaningful abstraction through **architectural state** that is persistent across instructions. It provides for portability through a more durable interface with the interacting processors. It is **hierarchical**, providing for multiple levels of abstraction for modeling complex instructions as a software program through sub- and micro-instructions. 

### AES example

The below image shows the instruction set for the AES cryptographic accelerator from OpenCores.org. The design behavior can be represented using these 8 instructions, e.g., `RD/WR_ADDR`, `START_ENCRYPT`, `GET_STATUS`, etc. Instead of all micro-architectural states/registers, only the architectural states are included in the ILA model. 

![Left: AES instruction set. Right: AES ILA model (partial)](/files/-LYAjGyBSIjkyGxf7BZE)

The ILA model can be hierarchical, in that it can contains child-ILAs to represent complex operations. It is often easier to describe the architectural state update function as a sequence of steps, i.e., an algorithm. The below image shows the child-ILA of the AES design and also the child-program for the `START_ENCRYPT` instruction.

![Left: AES child-ILA model. Right: child program](/files/-LYAjHdGQ8MR8fOarVhj)


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