Engineering Tools

Clearing the Fog of ISO 26262 Tool Qualification

Introduction Developing products to the ISO 26262 standard requires many activities across multiple disciplines. One of those activities is ensuring…

The UVM Factory

In the previous post in the Python for Verification Series, we discussed how pyuvm implemented the configuration database as a…

HDL Coding Standards for DO-254

DO-254 is the state-of-the-art standard guiding the development of airborne hardware. The document defines a hardware design lifecycle with guidance…

Debugging SoCs Can Be Complicated

There’s nothing worse than thinking you’re close to the finish line of your system-on-a-chip (SOC) design then, just as you…

Design Linting for ISO 26262

ISO 26262 remains the state of the art standard guiding the development of electronic and electronic systems destined for the…

How Can You Say That Formal Verification Is Exhaustive?

As a companion to my previous post on Learn Formal the Easy Way, allow me to explain what are often…

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Leave the House With a Clean Design

Wouldn’t it be great if there were something that would stop you from leaving the house wearing mismatched clothes – I mean without a clean design?

Verification Horizons | September 2021

The September Verification Horizons is Now Online!

I’m really excited to share with you a very special issue of the Verification Horizons newsletter for September, 2021. The…

Why Is My Coverage The Way It Is?

Coverage is as Coverage does Writing coverage is an art. At least it is a skill which takes imagination, practice…