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Part 2: The 2010 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Part 2: The 2010 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Design Trends (Continued) In Part 1 of this series of blogs, I focused on design trends (click here) as identified…

Part 1: The 2010 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Part 1: The 2010 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Design Trends In my previous blog, I introduced the 2010 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study (click here). The objective of…

Prologue: The 2010 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Prologue: The 2010 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

  Study Overview In 2002 and 2004, Ron Collett International, Inc. conducted its well known ASIC/IC functional verification studies, which…

Language Transitions: The Dawning of Age of Aquarius

Language Transitions: The Dawning of Age of Aquarius

Wally Rhines DVCon 2011 Keynote Highlights Survey on Verification Languages OK, maybe it is not the Dawning of the Age…

Using the UVM libraries with Questa

Using the UVM libraries with Questa

by Rich Edelman and Dave Rich Introduction The UVM is a derivative of OVM 2.1.1. It has similar use model,…

DVCon: The Present and the Future

DVCon: The Present and the Future

Open SystemC Initiative Tackles the Future If you have examined the DVCon program, you know that it is a week…

Free at Last! UVM1.0 is Here!

Free at Last! UVM1.0 is Here!

By now you’ve probably heard that Accellera approved the Universal Verification Methodology Standard (UVM1.0) today. This announcement is the culmination…

Parameterized Classes, Static Members and the Factory Macros

Parameterized Classes, Static Members and the Factory Macros

Somebody asked me a simple question: Why do need two different macros (`ovm_object_utils and `ovm_object_param_utils) to register classes with the…

IEEE Standards in India

IEEE Standards in India

IEEE Standards Association Hosts Design Automation Standardization Workshops in Bangalore & Delhi I, along with several other individuals, will participate…