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New Job Excitement

New Job Excitement

This is my first Verification Horizons blog since joining the Mentor Product Engineering team in January. I’m excited to be…

Straight-up Smash-mouth Debug

Straight-up Smash-mouth Debug

I’m having a bad day. Lots of work. Lots of moving parts. We’ve all been there. Nothing new. >> Too…

What’s Exciting at this Year’s Design Automation Conference?

What’s Exciting at this Year’s Design Automation Conference?

I am honored to have the opportunity to serve as the 2019 DAC Technical Program Chair, and this has been…

Latest Verification Horizons Newsletter is Out

Latest Verification Horizons Newsletter is Out

The latest edition of our Verification Horizons Newsletter is available (here or here). As always, the issue is full of awesome…

Upcoming Verification Academy Live Seminar in Westford, MA

Upcoming Verification Academy Live Seminar in Westford, MA

The Verification Academy has experience remarkable growth beyond our wildest dreams when we first conceived of the idea back in…

Conclusion: The 2018 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Conclusion: The 2018 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Deeper Dive into Non-Trivial Bug Escapes and Safety Critical Designs This blog is a continuation of a series of blogs…

Taking the First Step in Portable Stimulus Adoption

Taking the First Step in Portable Stimulus Adoption

As the Chinese proverb says, “A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step”. The first steps of…

Part 12: The 2018 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Part 12: The 2018 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

ASIC/IC Verification Results This blog is a continuation of a series of blogs related to the 2018 Wilson Research Group…

Cats != Coverage

Cats != Coverage

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of The Future “We actually made a…