Tornado Alert!!!

Tornado Alert!!!

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

UVM: Some Thoughts Before DVCon

UVM: Some Thoughts Before DVCon

It is time to talk about what happens next with UVM The Design and Verification Conference (DVCon) has become the…

UVM™ at DVCon 2012

UVM™ at DVCon 2012

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

Getting started with the UVM – Using the Register Modeling package

Getting started with the UVM – Using the Register Modeling package

Adopting SystemVerilog can be challenging to some, and learning the UVM at the same time might seem overwhelming. There is…

TLM Becomes an IEEE Standard

TLM Becomes an IEEE Standard

IEEE Announces Revision to IEEE 1666™ – Adds Transaction-Level Modeling Support A significant step forward to address standards for advanced…

VHS or Betamax?

VHS or Betamax?

Legacy’s Luster Lost As a follow-on to my last blog, where I shared information about Harry Foster speaking live about…

Verification Issues Take Center Stage

Verification Issues Take Center Stage

Is Legacy Holding You Back? Harry Foster, Mentor’s Verification Chief Scientist, will take center stage to give live presentations on…

Going from “Standards Development” to “Standards Practice”

Going from “Standards Development” to “Standards Practice”

Historical Perspective In my early days of standards development, I was intrigued how a standard went from the development phase…

Verification Horizons DAC Issue Now Available Online

Verification Horizons DAC Issue Now Available Online

Well, another DAC is behind us, and you know what that means. That’s right, the super-sized DAC issue of Verification…