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Simulating the Real World

The art of modelling using CFD. Part IV - Fans

Sometimes the ability to apply artistic interpretation of your virtual product to your simulation model of it is limited or dictated (take your pick) by...

By Robin Bornoff

Verification Horizons

UVM Register Package 2.0 Available for Download

Mentor supplies the first Register Package for UVM As I mentioned in my earlier blog post to disclose Mentor’s support...

By Dennis Brophy

Embedded Software

Using an MMU

On a previous occasion, I talked about using an MMU [memory management unit] for a specific, slight esoteric purpose. I...

Verification Horizons

Accellera’s OVM: Omnimodus Verification Methodology

The Accellera VIP-TSC makes the Early Adopter release of the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) available. While Accellera does not use...

By Dennis Brophy

Simulating the Real World

The art of modelling using CFD. Part III - TIGs

Never trust a TLA (three-letter acronym) or those who use them, unless the abbreviation provides some value in terms of...

By Robin Bornoff

Embedded Software

Books and e-books

All my life I have loved books. I was surrounded by them as a child and cannot remember a time...

Simulating the Real World

The art of modelling using CFD. Part II - Grilles

Wiki quote: “A grille is an opening of several slits side by side in a wall or metal sheet or...

By Robin Bornoff

Verification Horizons

High-Level Design Validation and Test (HLDVT) 2010

I’ve had the pleasure of participating in the IEEE International High-Level Design Validation and Test (HLDVT) workshop off and on...

By Harry Foster

Verification Horizons

New OVM Sequence Layering Package – For Easier Tests

Download Now A new OVM Layering Package that provides a means to add layers of tests (sequences) without modifying the...

By Dennis Brophy