EDN

A short course on SystemVerilog classes for UVM verification

Learning any language can be difficult when so many words take on different meanings in different contexts. “Why does a farmer produce produce?” These homonyms can be confusing even for native ...
EDN

Getting in sync with UVM sequences

The SystemVerilog universal verification methodology (UVM) is an efficient way to generate tests and check results for functional verification, best used for block level IC or FPGA or other “smaller” ...
Business Wire

Aldec’s Active-HDL Verification Capabilities Enhanced to Support SystemVerilog Constructs and UVM

HENDERSON, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aldec, Inc., a pioneer in mixed HDL language simulation and hardware-assisted verification for FPGA and ASIC designs, has greatly enhanced the verification ...
EDN

Mentor Graphics Adds Memory Models to Create Industry’s First Complete UVM SystemVerilog Verification IP Library

The new memory library supports a wide spectrum of memory model variations including leading-edge protocols such as the high-bandwidth, low-pin-count HyperBus™ interface for HyperRAM™ and HyperFlash™ ...
EDN

Synopsys Expands Verification IP Portfolio with Memory Models

“To deliver the DDR3/DDR4 memory technologies in our advanced 64-bit AMD Opteron™ A-Series server SoC, formerly code-named 'Seattle,' we were an early user of the Synopsys DDR verification IP as part ...
Business Wire

MathWorks Speeds FPGA and ASIC Verification with Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) Support

NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MathWorks today announced that HDL Verifier provides support for the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) starting with Release 2019b, which is currently available.
EDN

UVM Reactive agents verify with a handshake

UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) is widely used in creating object-oriented test environments. UVM provides two key benefits to verification engineers; one is reusability; the other is ...
EDN

Breker Verification Systems Unleashes the SystemUVM Initiative to Empower UVM Engineering

Breker Verification Systems used the opening of DVCon U.S. today to unveil SystemUVM, a framework designed to simplify specification model composition for test content synthesis with a ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Universal Verification Methodology Running Out Of Steam

For the past decade or so, the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) has been the de facto verification methodology supported by the entire EDA industry. But as chips become more heterogeneous, ...