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<\/a>Mentor Graphics has made available its UVM-EA starter kit to promote OVM users\u2019 feedback on UVM. As I wrote in an earlier blog, Accellera has defined specific modifications to OVM 2.1.1 to create UVM-EA.\u00a0 The Mentor Graphics version of the UVM-EA can be downloaded here<\/a>.\u00a0 The UVM-EA starter kits passes all our Questa 6.6 regression tests.<\/p>\nThe UVM-EA OVM Compatibility Overlay kit is also available at OVMWorld.org. The UVM-EA OVM Compatibility Overlay kit allows OVM users to continue with their unmodified OVM environments and use the UVM-EA library.\u00a0 The UVM-EA OVM Compatibility Overlay kit has been fully tested with Questa 6.6 using native OVM.\u00a0 Details on the tests can be found in the README file.\u00a0 We welcome feedback from consumers who use it with other verification platforms. It is written in standard SystemVerilog and should work for all platforms that support IEEE 1800\u2122.\u00a0 It can be downloaded here<\/a>.<\/p>\n What is the difference between OVM 2.1.1 and UVM-EA? The VIP-TSC has mandated that all file names that contain OVM be changed to UVM and all code that uses \u201covm\u201d be changed to \u201cuvm.\u201d The Mentor Graphics UVM-EA represents a faithful representation of VIP-TSC requirements. Please note: These are not the only changes contemplated by Accellera. The Accellera VIP-TSC has indicated a desire to review the \u201cend-of-test\u201d and \u201ccallback\u201d services within the UVM-EA and add \u201cmessage catching.\u201d This code is for early adopter review, not for production use as VIP-TSC changes are likely.<\/p>\n