Lego Blocks

Odds and Ends

I hope that the Python for Verification Series has demonstrated that Python is a new tool in the verification team’s…

Logging in pyuvm

Logging in pyuvm This is part of the Python for Verification series of blog posts. The IEEE UVM specification (1800.2-2020)…

My Motherboard

A UVM Scoreboard: Does it really have to be that hard?

UVM Scoreboards don’t have to be hard But I’m getting ahead of myself. This week I gave up on my…

The configuration database in pyuvm

The configuration database In the previous post in the Python for Verification Series we discussed how pyuvm implemented TLM 1.0….

SPICE Turns 50!

50 years ago on 4 August 1971, the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits published the Dr. Nagel and Dr. Rohrer…

Verification Class Categories

Introduction What can you describe with Object-Oriented Programming? When I learned OOP, we had cute classes like animals, cars, and…

SystemVerilog Class Variables and Objects

Introduction How can you visualize the relationship between classes and objects in SystemVerilog? This is the first post in a…

Verification Academy UVM Video Courses Updated!

Two significant milestones were reached earlier this year. The first is that the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) celebrated its 10-year…

Expediting Simulation Turn-around Time with Incremental Build Flows

Rapid simulation turn-around time is critical for high-functioning SoC teams because it enables a tight feedback cycle that teams use…