EDN

Debugging and analysis with SystemVerilog test bench

The verification component of SystemVerilog has dominated the rapid adoption of the language. The new verification syntax in the language allows for dramatic productivity gains in the verification ...
EDN

SystemVerilog Reference Verification Methodology: VMM Adoption

The larger and more complex that system-on-chip (SoC) designs grow, the more verification dominates the development process. In fact, effective design reuse puts even more pressure on the verification ...
Design-Reuse

AMIQ EDA Introduces Duplicate Code Detection in Its Verissimo SystemVerilog Testbench Linter

AMIQ EDA, a pioneer in integrated development environments (IDEs) for hardware design and verification and a provider of platform-independent software tools for efficient code development and analysis ...
Design-Reuse

SystemC library supporting OVM compliant verification methodology

This paper describes the SystemC library that support Open Verification Methodology as defined by Mentor Graphics and Cadence with their SystemVerilog–based approach. Application of the library in ...
Electronic Design

SystemVerilog Gains A Foothold In Verification

SystemVerilog marries a number of verification concepts, primarily in the areas of design, assertions, and testbench creation, that were previously embodied in separate and sometimes proprietary ...
Electronic Design

Find the Fastest Route to Portable Stimulus Tests with SystemVerilog

Download this article in PDF format. The Portable Stimulus Specification (PSS) is all about reusing commonly used test atoms to create new scenarios more quickly. It saves us from wasting precious ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Updated UVM Cookbook Supports IEEE 1800.2 Standard And Emulation

I’m happy to announce that we at Mentor have just released a fully-updated version of our popular UVM Cookbook, which is available online here. Cookbook Overview Diagram The Universal Verification ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Optimizing Testbench Acceleration Performance

Part 3 in a series of papers that demystify the performance of SystemVerilog and UVM testbenches when using an emulator for the purpose of hardware-assisted testbench acceleration. In these three ...