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TLM Becomes an IEEE Standard

TLM Becomes an IEEE Standard

IEEE Announces Revision to IEEE 1666™ – Adds Transaction-Level Modeling Support A significant step forward to address standards for advanced…

Worlds Standards Day 2011

Worlds Standards Day 2011

Creating Confidence Globally Today, 14 October 2011, is the day the world celebrates standards.  The leadership of the IEC, ISO…

VHS or Betamax?

VHS or Betamax?

Legacy’s Luster Lost As a follow-on to my last blog, where I shared information about Harry Foster speaking live about…

Verification Issues Take Center Stage

Verification Issues Take Center Stage

Is Legacy Holding You Back? Harry Foster, Mentor’s Verification Chief Scientist, will take center stage to give live presentations on…

New UVM Recipe-of-the-Month: Sequence Layering

New UVM Recipe-of-the-Month: Sequence Layering

I’m excited to announce that our second UVM Recipe-of-the-Month Webinar, “Sequence Layering,” will be presented on Thursday, September 15, at…

Combining Intelligent Testbench Automation with Constrained Random Testing

Combining Intelligent Testbench Automation with Constrained Random Testing

Who Doesn’t Like Faster? In my last blog post I introduced new technology called Intelligent Testbench Automation (“iTBA”).  It’s generating…

Going from “Standards Development” to “Standards Practice”

Going from “Standards Development” to “Standards Practice”

Historical Perspective In my early days of standards development, I was intrigued how a standard went from the development phase…

Verification Academy Now Includes OVMWorld Content

Verification Academy Now Includes OVMWorld Content

I am pleased to announce that Mentor Graphics has recently expanded Verification Academy to provide a “one-stop shop” for all…

Intelligent Testbench Automation Delivers 10X to 100X Faster Functional Verification

Intelligent Testbench Automation Delivers 10X to 100X Faster Functional Verification

iTBA Introduction If you’ve been to DAC or DVCon during the past couple of years, you’ve probably at least heard…