Prologue: The 2016 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Prologue: The 2016 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

This is the first in a series of blogs that presents the findings from our new 2016 Wilson Research Group…

IEEE-SA EDA & IP Interoperability Symposium

IEEE-SA EDA & IP Interoperability Symposium

Design and verification flows are multifaceted and predominantly built by bringing tools and technology together from multiple sources.   The tools…

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…

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…

The FPGA Verification Window Is Open

The FPGA Verification Window Is Open

My Feb. 4 post introduced Mentor Graphics’ three-step FPGA verification process intended to help design teams get out of the…

Just because FPGAs are programmable doesn’t mean verification is dead

Just because FPGAs are programmable doesn’t mean verification is dead

Marketing teams at FPGA vendors have been busy as the silicon nanometer geometry race escalates. Altera is “delivering the unimaginable”…

Part 8: The 2012 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Part 8: The 2012 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Language and Library Trends This blog is a continuation of a series of blogs that present the highlights from the…

What’s the deal with those wire’s and reg’s in Verilog

What’s the deal with those wire’s and reg’s in Verilog

A unique concept most beginners have trouble grasping about the Verilog, and now the SystemVerilog, Hardware Description Language (HDL) is…