{"id":13545,"date":"2019-01-31T10:45:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T17:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/verificationhorizons\/?p=13545"},"modified":"2026-03-27T08:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:42:12","slug":"portable-stimulus-standard-in-use-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/verificationhorizons\/2019\/01\/31\/portable-stimulus-standard-in-use-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Portable Stimulus Standard &#8211; In Use Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Explore it with Tom Fitzpatrick<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/accellera.org\/images\/downloads\/standards\/pss\/Portable_Test_Stimulus_Standard_v1.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"https:\/\/accellera.org\/images\/about\/policies\/logos\/logo-portable-stimulus-200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"95\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>For those who struggle with the daunting challenges to verify next generation SoC\u2019s and are pushing up against 7nm design challenges and more, Mentor\u2019s Verification Evangelist, <a href=\"https:\/\/verificationacademy.com\/users\/tom-fitzpatrick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tom Fitzpatrick<\/strong><\/a>, takes a break to connect with Amelia Dalton to discuss the details of Accellera\u2019s Portable Stimulus standard \u2013 that is set to bring all of us some verification relief.\u00a0 Tom discusses the differences between vertical, horizontal and technique reuse.\u00a0 In 2014 Mentor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentor.com\/company\/news\/mentor-accellera-standards-graph-based-test-specs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>initiated industry discussion<\/strong><\/a> on the need to consider standardization and Tom covers this as well its current standardization status in Amelia&#8217;s Weekly Fish Fry podcast.<\/p>\n<p>After listening to the podcast, you might want to dive deeper into Portable Stimulus.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/verificationacademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Verification Academy<\/strong><\/a> has a whole section on Portable Stimulus featuring seminars, introductory courses, a virtual lab with Questa\u00ae inFact and more.\u00a0 You can find all this information <a href=\"https:\/\/verificationacademy.com\/topics\/portable-test-stimulus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed information on Mentor\u2019s Questa inFact product can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentor.com\/products\/fv\/infact\/?cmpid=10368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 In additional to product datasheets you will find a catalog of blog posts, on-demand web seminars, white papers and information about instructor-led education on this new standard.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, from Accellera, you can download the current standard without charge.\u00a0 The Accellera download site is located <a href=\"https:\/\/accellera.org\/downloads\/standards\/portable-stimulus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 If you wish to meet Tom in person, he will be DVCon U.S. 2019 and I\u2019m certain he would be eager to discuss Portable Stimulus with you.\u00a0 To learn more about DVCon U.S. and register, visit their website <a href=\"https:\/\/dvcon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore it with Tom Fitzpatrick For those who struggle with the daunting challenges to verify next generation SoC\u2019s and 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