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Driving More Accurate Dynamic Power Estimation

Driving More Accurate Dynamic Power Estimation

There are intrinsic limitations in the current approach for estimating dynamic power consumption. Briefly, the approach consists of a file-based…

NEW Formal & CDC Courses on Verification Academy

NEW Formal & CDC Courses on Verification Academy

Do you have a really tough verification problem – one that takes seemingly forever for a testbench simulation to solve…

It’s Time for a New Verification Debug Data API (DDA)

It’s Time for a New Verification Debug Data API (DDA)

Learn more about DDA at DAC At DAC – Mentor Graphics and Cadence Design Systems are coming together to usher…

Accellera Portable Stimulus Working Group Accepting Technology Contributions

Accellera Portable Stimulus Working Group Accepting Technology Contributions

I am please to announce that, beginning today, the Accellera Portable Stimulus Working Group (PSWG) is accepting technology contributions to…

Part 6: The 2014 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Part 6: The 2014 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

FPGA Language and Library Trends This blog is a continuation of a series of blogs related to the 2014 Wilson…

An Agile Evolution in SoC Verification Panel @ DAC

An Agile Evolution in SoC Verification Panel @ DAC

This year we are trying something new at the Verification Academy booth during next week’s 2015 Design Automation Conference.  We’ve…

UVM Debug. A contest using class based testbench debug…

UVM Debug. A contest using class based testbench debug…

Still having fun doing UVM and Class based debug? Maybe a debug contest will help. I had a contest with…

No to Know VIP

No to Know VIP

In a recent post on deepchip.com John Cooley wrote about “Who Knew VIP?”. In addition, Mark Olen wrote about this…

Part 5: The 2014 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Part 5: The 2014 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

FPGA Verification Technology Adoption Trends This blog is a continuation of a series of blogs related to the 2014 Wilson…