DAC 54 Spotlight on “Portable Stimulus”

Accellera’s Emerging Portable Stimulus Standard Is Pervasive at DAC 54

For the past few years, Accellera’s Portable Stimulus Working Group has been busy at work on the new standard to elevate stimulus generation to improve overall verification productivity.  As the call to attend the annual Accellera breakfast DAC 54 informs us, the Accellera Portable Stimulus early adopter release is planned to be made available prior to DAC.  I’m certain that a download of the early adopter release will make for good reading for those traveling to DAC and have not participated in the development of the standard.  I predict it will be a “page-turner.”  You will be in a much better position to attend the following events in and around DAC (some of which require DAC registration fee payment and some that are fee-free) if you download and read it when ready.  Here are some of the DAC 54 Portable Stimulus activities:

Monday June 19th

• 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Verification Academy Booth #429
  • Portable Stimulus is Here! (Almost)
    Courtesy Registration – Free to DAC Exhibit Attendees
• 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Room 18CD
  • An Introduction to the Accellera Portable Stimulus Standard
    Conference Registration Required
• 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Verification Academy Booth #429
  • Meet the Experts at Happy Hour and discuss Portable Stimulus!

Tuesday June 20th

• 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Room 10AB
  • Accellera Breakfast & Portable Stimulus Standard Town Hall
    Registration Required – Free to DAC Attendees
• 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Ballroom E
  • Panel: Portable Stimulus and Testbenches – One Ring to Bind Them?
    Conference Registration Required
• 5:00 p.m – 6:00 p.m. | Exhibit Floor
  • Poster Session: Automating Generation of System use Cases Using Model-Based Portable Stimulus Approach
    DAC Exhibit Registration Required

Wednesday June 21st

• 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Ballroom F
  • A Real Example of Accellera’s Portable Stimulus Used to Verify an LTE Switch
    Conference Registration Required
• 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Exhibit Floor
  • Poster Session: Using Portable Stimulus to Verify a Low Power SoC Design
    DAC Exhibit Registration Required

And for those who will not be attending DAC, I will update this blog with information on how you can download the Accellera Portable Stimulus early adopter release.  There is also online educational videos about the emerging Portable Stimulus standard.  You can find a two sessions at the Mentor Verification Academy on Portable Stimulus Basics. And the DVCon U.S. 2017 technical tutorial, Creating Portable Stimulus Models with the Upcoming Accellera Standard, presented in three parts is located at the Accellera website.  Both online educational video offerings require registration.