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…

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…

Part 6: The 2014 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Part 6: The 2014 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

FPGA Language and Library Trends This blog is a continuation of a series of blogs related to the 2014 Wilson…

UVM Debug. A contest using class based testbench debug…

UVM Debug. A contest using class based testbench debug…

Still having fun doing UVM and Class based debug? Maybe a debug contest will help. I had a contest 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…

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…

SystemVerilog Testbench Debug – Are we having fun yet?

SystemVerilog Testbench Debug – Are we having fun yet?

SystemVerilog Testbench Debug – Are we having fun yet? Fun Debug should be fun. Watching waveforms march by, seeing ERRORS…