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DVCon 2025: A must for hardware design and verification engineers

February 12, 2025

I’ve attended every DVCon US conference since its inception, over 30 years ago. I’ve also given keynotes at DVCon India….

UVM: The Next IEEE Standard (1800.2)

UVM: The Next IEEE Standard (1800.2)

Accellera Handoffs UVM to IEEE It has been a long path from Mentor’s AVM to IEEE P1800.2. But the moment…

By Dennis Brophy

STMicroelectronics: Simulation + Emulation = Verification Success

STMicroelectronics: Simulation + Emulation = Verification Success

October 4, 2013

We are truly living in the age of SoC design, where 78 percent of all designs today contain one or…

By Harry Foster

Coverage Cookbook Debuts

Coverage Cookbook Debuts

November 20, 2012

Verification Academy Adds Major New Technical Resource The Verification Academy adds another major methodology cookbook to focus on effective coverage…

By Dennis Brophy

Introducing “Verification Academy 2.0”

Introducing “Verification Academy 2.0”

October 16, 2012

A new style takes center stage It was Fashion Week in Portland, Oregon in early October. And while the thought…

By Dennis Brophy

OVM Gets Connected

OVM Gets Connected

September 10, 2012

OVM Bridges SystemVerilog and SystemC Languages When UVM Connect was first released, the multilingual connection between IEEE Std. 1800™ (SystemVerilog)…

By Dennis Brophy

Verification Academy: Up Close & Personal

Verification Academy: Up Close & Personal

Live & In-Person at DAC 2012! Verification Academy, the brain child of Harry Foster, Chief Verification Scientist at Mentor Graphics,…

By Dennis Brophy

Tornado Alert!!!

Tornado Alert!!!

February 21, 2012

Is my car trying to tell me something? This past Friday was the beginning of a two day internal functional…

By Dennis Brophy

UVM™ at DVCon 2012

UVM™ at DVCon 2012

February 15, 2012

“Ready, Set, Deploy” The last half year has seen a theme from Accellera Systems Initiative that declares its Universal Verification…

By Dennis Brophy