Verification Horizons: The DAC 2015 Issue

Verification Horizons: The DAC 2015 Issue

If you were not one of the 100’s of visitors to the Verification Academy booth at DAC 2015 and missed…

Part 10: The 2014 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Part 10: The 2014 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

ASIC/IC Language and Library Adoption Trends This blog is a continuation of a series of blogs related to the 2014…

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…

Verification Academy: The Place to Meet at DAC

Verification Academy: The Place to Meet at DAC

For all things verification, you will want to stop by the Verification Academy booth #2408 at DAC to interact with…

20 Years Ago – 10 Years Ago – Tomorrow (DAC)

20 Years Ago – 10 Years Ago – Tomorrow (DAC)

It is always good to pause to recognize the companies and individuals with whom we collaborate to create the verification…

From Tightly Coupled (Loosely Bolted) to Verification Convergence!

From Tightly Coupled (Loosely Bolted) to Verification Convergence!

It’s my favorite time of year again—DVCon!  And I believe that the DVCon 2015 technical program committee has put together…

Portable Stimulus: A Small Step in Standardization

Portable Stimulus: A Small Step in Standardization

Accellera Approves Creation of Portable Stimulus Working Group At DVCon 2014, Mentor Graphics proposed Accellera launch an exploratory exercise, called…

Preparing for the Perfect Storm with New-School Verification Techniques

Preparing for the Perfect Storm with New-School Verification Techniques

Between 2006 and 2014, the average number of IPs integrated into an advanced SoC increased from about 30 to over…

DVCon India: A Smashing Hit!

DVCon India: A Smashing Hit!

DVCon India, held in September 2014 in Bangalore, built on the Indian SystemC User Group meeting events and added a…