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Verification Horizons

The reports of OVM’s death are greatly exaggerated (with apologies to Mark Twain)

Now that the Accellera VIP-TSC has released UVM-EA, effectively narrowing the choice of verification methodologies to UVM or OVM, many...

By Mark Glasser

Embedded Software

EDA and embedded software

Mentor Graphics is an EDA [Electronic Design Automation] company, which means that the core of the business is supplying [software]...

Embedded Software

No comment on the World Cup

Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that I have not touched on a very topical subject: the Football...

Verification Horizons

New Verification Academy Advanced OVM (&UVM) Module

I’ve always loved the Chinese proverb, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a...

By Harry Foster

Embedded Software

Laziness as a business asset

I am slightly nervous about writing this post. I am sure my boss will read it and I really do...

Embedded Software

MCAPI – lessons learned

Some weeks ago, I wrote a blog entry on MCAPI, which seemed to provoke some interest. Last week we ran...

Simulating the Real World

The art of modelling using CFD. Part VI - Peripheral Boundary Conditions

This final blog in this series focuses on what is sometimes the most ethereal of CFD modelling arts, where and...

By Robin Bornoff

Verification Horizons

OVM/UVM @DAC: The Dog That Didn’t Bark

In the classic Sherlock Holmes story, “Silver Blaze,” Holmes realizes that the family dog didn’t bark when the suspect entered...

By Tom Fitzpatrick

Embedded Software

Being a mentor

Before I start, just to clarify, I am using the word “mentor” above in its generic sense, nothing to do...