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Cadence Welcomes VLAB Works

Cadence welcomes VLAB Works, a division of Australian Semiconductor Technology Corporation…

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Automotive , featured , Virtual Development Environment , vlab , Protium

Time on Your Side: Launching PSS Perspec Composer

We all agree that time is precious. As PSS ( Portable Stimuli Standard ) models get…

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featured , Perspec , pss , portable stimulus

Cadence Announces Industry's First Verification IP for Embedded USB2v2 (eUSB2v2)

USB Promoter Group has released the eUSB2® Version 2.0 specification (eUSB2v2) in…

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Verification IP , eUSB2v2 , featured , Functional Verification , USB
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New OVM-e Testflow Features Introduce Increased Automation

Hi All, With the release of the OVM- e library, there are now many new features available…

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when sub-typing , Kaberi , Specman , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , Open Verification Methodology , Testbench simulation , OVM , OVM e , e , OVM-e , Aspect Oriented Programming , eRM , OVMWorld

DVCon 2009 - Day 1

As promised, here is my photo blog of Day 1 of DVCon, focused on the OVM Multi-Language…

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Verification methodology , Cadence VIP portfolio , OVM , VIP , DVcon , Levent Caglar , IES , IES-XL

OVM Now Includes SystemC and e Language Interoperability

More of our customers are using Incisive for transaction level modeling (TLM) and…

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virtual platform , System Design and Verification , OVM , SystemC , prototype

Reflections on ESL: Where Are We and Where We Are Going

Many of the messages published by Gabe Moretti in his recent EETimes article resonate…

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TLM , RTL , System Design and Verification , EETimes , C-to-Silicon , SystemC , ESL

OVM e Open Source - It's Official!

Specmaniacs and other e RM & OVM users, Today we offically released the e RM 3.0…

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IEEE 1647 , OVM , OVM e , e , eRM

DVCon '09 Preview

For those of you that will not be able to make it in person: So you can follow the…

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funtional verification , Functional Verification , VIP , Mike Stellfox , DVcon , Levent Caglar , Jason Andrews

Tech Tip: Viewing The Combined Help for IES-XL

IES-XL is comprised of IUS, Incisive Verification Kits with Methodology, Specman…

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Specman , Functional Verification , tech tips , Enterprise Manager , help , IES-XL

Tips for Opening Cadence Help

[Welecome back the Tech Pubs team as guest bloggers] Sometimes you just need a little…

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Specman , Tech Pubs , Enterprise Manager , Enterprise Planner , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES , IES-XL

Emulation vs. FPGA Prototyping

There is a continuous debate about FPGA prototyping vs. emulation. This debate is…

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ASIC , prototyping , RTL , System Design and Verification , Palladium , FPGA

Grey-Boxed Data-Path Approach Using 'when sub-typing'

[Please join Team Specman in welcoming the first guest blogger from our user base…

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when sub-typing , Specman , verification strategy , Functional Verification , Coverage-Driven Verification , e , Aspect Oriented Programming , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES , AOP

Adaptive Chips Selects OVM Over VMM -- An Interview With Amjad Qureshi

On February 11 Cadence announced that Adaptive Chips had adopted the Incisive verification…

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Adaptive Chips , SystemVerilog , Functional Verification , OVM , VIP , CDV , e , eRM

How to Save OS Boot Time In Your SystemC Virtual Platform With Save and Restore

One advantage of using a virtual platform or virtual prototype over real hardware…

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open virtual platforms , virtual platform , System Design and Verification , QEMU virtual platform , Incisive , SystemC analysis , System simulation and analysis , George Frazier , SystemC , Hardware/software co-verification , QEMU

OVM Is The Safest Bet By 2:1

One of the questions verification engineers will be asking as they head to DVCon…

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SystemVerilog , OVM , VIP , e , DVcon , eRM

The Real Story on HLS With ANSI-C/C++ vs. SystemC

There's a new post worth reading for anyone interested i n the current state of…

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SystemC TLM2 based Virtual Prototype Demo at DVCon

DVCon 2009 promises much news about System level design and verification. With Open…

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C-to-Silicon Does Not Require a Library Characterization

One of the key strengths of C-to-Silicon Compiler (CtoS) over other ESL Synthesis…

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High-Level Synthesis , high-level synthesis adoption , System Design and Verification , ESC , C-to-Silicon , ESL handoff , C-to-Silicon Compiler , ESL , architect

Blogger of the Quarter Award -- Thanks!!!

Little did I know that when I accepted an innocent looking meeting propsal from my…

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funtional verification , Specman , e

New Blog series- Team ESL

Cadence is well known for its leadership in system verification leveraging its HW…

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Exploring the Virtual Platform Part 4

Welcome to Part 4 of the "Exploring the Virtual Platform" series. For readers just…

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microsoft , System Design and Verification , QEMU virtual platform , vista , ARM , wind river , monta

Road Trip!

As at most companies these days, Cadence is doing what it can to minimize travel…

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Specman , Functional Verification , e , DVcon

Post-Show Thoughts on DesignCon 2009

Joe Hupcey posted some photos from the DesignCon show in Santa Clara last week, and…

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DesignCon , NXP , Functional Verification , coreuse , DVcon

Tech Pubs Tips Series Kickoff: Search for Single Character Words

[Team Specman welcomes the Technical Publications Team to our blog] Effectively documenting…

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Specman , C , e , Enterprise Manager , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES

Tech Tip - Double Wall Clock Performance with One Easy Step

[Please welcome guest blogger Silas McDermott, an Application Engineer in our Field…

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Specman , e , Aspect Oriented Programming , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES , AOP

Scalable OVM Register and Memory Package

Drawing on nearly a decade of experience, Cadence has just posted the first release…

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SystemVerilog , OVM , vr_ad , Register Package , e , eRM

Of EDA Vendors and Conferences

There's an interesting thread on Cool Verification ( http://www.coolverification…

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Exploring the Virtual Platform Part 3

Welcome to part 3 of the "Exploring the Virtual Platform" series. For readers just…

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Report From DesignCon 2009

This week the " DesignCon " show is in town (<= 10 minutes from the Cadence campus…

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DesignCon , Functional Verification

Good Article Alert: End "EDA Bashing"

Allow me to direct your attention to a most welcome article in EDA DesignLine written…

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