DVConUS 2023 Verification Horizons is Out

Some of you may have wondered for the past few years why we chose to use the name Verification Horizons…

DVCon U.S. 2023: Expanded Accellera content

DVCon U.S. 2023 will be full of opportunities to learn about advances in design and verification technology as it returns…

To UVM Config or Not at DVCON US – Can chatGPT do it better?

It’s all about speed and productivity for Verification Engineers and Designers. And of course, the UVM is the ticket, and…

The UVM string-based Factory can print base and derived objects

The UVM Factory Revealed, Part 2

Introduction This is a follow up to last week’s high-level post on the UVM Factory. Now let’s get technical! Here…

IEEE Honors Tom Fitzpatrick

At the IEEE Standards Association’s 2022 winter awards ceremony, Tom Fitzpatrick was honored for his leadership in standards development and…

The UVM type-based Factory can print base and derived objects

UVM Factory Revealed, Part 1

Introduction When you first learn UVM, most of the concepts make sense, even if you are new to Object-Oriented Programming….

Safety Lifecycle Components

Safety Lifecycle Evaluation Part 3: A productivity evolution

Integration made the difference. The global consulting firm that was asked to conduct the safety lifecycle study advised the company…

ISO 26262

ISO 26262…the tale of Transient and Permanent Faults

Introduction Are you designing to the ISO 26262 standard and trying to decide if your design is safe from random…

Three ice cream cones, vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry

Does Your UVM Flavor Have Sprinkles?

Introduction UVM is a standard, so that means that every company writes their testbenches the same, universally interchangeable, right? Not…