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…

Supporting A Season of Learning

Supporting A Season of Learning

From those just beginning to study electronic systems design to the practicing engineer, this is the time of the year…

DVCon Goes Global!

DVCon Goes Global!

The ever popular Accellera Design & Verification Conference held annually in Silicon Valley is going global.  Accellera System Initiative has…

Accellera Approves UVM 1.2

Accellera Approves UVM 1.2

Accellera has announced the completion of a multi-year effort to update its latest edition of the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM). …

Mentor Enterprise Verification Platform Debuts

Mentor Enterprise Verification Platform Debuts

Its always fun to take the wraps off of solutions we have been hard at work developing.  The global team…

DVCon 2014: Standards on Display

DVCon 2014: Standards on Display

One of the nice things about DVCon is the update one can get from the developers of IEEE and Accellera…

Managing Verification Coverage Information

Managing Verification Coverage Information

The UCIS Story There is no secret as design sizes grow it is doubly burdensome for verification.  Two factors that…