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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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SimVision Watch Window Now Accommodates Specman Watch Items

Starting from version 12.1, the SimVision Watch Window accommodates Specman watch…

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AF , Specman , gui , watch window , debug , Functional Verification , specview , Specman watch , simvision , SimVision watch window , watches , Chudnovsky

Video: Interview with Professional Teenage Technology Coach Kristine Bonhoff

Over the past several years at various EDA trade events, one of the more popular…

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Joe Hupcey III , Kristine Bonhoff , interview , video , EDA360 , apps , teen tech

Product Update: New Assertion-Based Verification IP (ABVIP) Available Now

Verifiers rejoice: R&D has just released all-new Assertion-Based Verification IP…

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Incisive Formal Verifier , Jose Barandiaran , ABV , Functional Verification , ABVIP , formal , formal apps , assertions , IEV , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , Formal verification , IFV , verification , Assertion-based verification , IES-XL

Video: DVCon 2012 Digital-Mixed Signal (DMS) Expert Neyaz Khan on UVM Mixed Signal…

E-mail reminders for the DVCon 2013 Call For Abstracts prompted me to look through…

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digital mixed-signal , AMS , uvm , Joe Hupcey III , verification strategy , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , UVM-MS , Neyaz Khan , Mixed Signal Verification , Mixed-Signal , DVcon , Maxim Semiconductor , verification

My Constraint was Ignored – Is it a Tool Bug? – Part 2

In a previous post we showed some cases of user code that can cause ignored constraints…

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AF , IntelliGen , Specman , debug , Functional Verification , Generation , e language

UVM Testflow Phase Debugging- Identifying Blocking Activities

UVM Testflow debugging capabilities have been recently enhanced through the addition…

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AF , uvm , Specman , methodology , Testflow , Functional Verification , testflow phase debugging , testflow phases , advanced verification , e language , blocking activities , IES-XL

Adding Xilinx C Models to the Virtual Platform of the Zynq-7000 EPP

Today, I have a good article from Henry Von Bank of Posedge Software related to Zynq…

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Virtual System Platform , zynq , virtual platforms , TLM , posedge , IP-XACT , Henry Von Bank , virtual prototypes , VSP , RDF , SystemC , xilinx , ARM , FFT , Zynq virtual platform , Zynq-7000

Using Flexible Specman License Searches

Until recently, Specman used to look for its licenses in the following strict, hardcoded…

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AF , Specman , new features , Functional Verification , licenses , license search , Incisive , e language , Specman licenses , verification , IES-XL

DAC 2012 Video: Dr. Kerstin Eder, University of Bristol, About Her Course on Functional…

Dr. Kerstin Eder, a Senior Lecturer in the Computer Science department at the University…

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C-to-Silicon Japan User Group and Ikegami Production Experience

We have been seeing some rapid growth in adoption of C-to-Silicon Compiler high-level…

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High-Level Synthesis , customers , Maesato , japan , Japan user group , Ikegami , SystemC , C-to-Silicon Compiler , Synthesis , Virtex-6 , HLS , ESL , FPGA

Video: DAC 2012 Update on AMIQ’s DVT IDE – New RTL Design Work Flow Support

Readers of this blog and of Team Specman will recall that Integrated Development…

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DAC , eclipse , Joe Hupcey III , Cristian Amitroaie , DVT , AMIQ , DAC 2012 , RTL design , integrated development environment , IDE

DAC2012: Xilinx Zynq-7000 - From RTL to Success with Emulation

It is nice to see when visions get closer to reality. When Cadence announced its…

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DAC , Virtual System Platform , zynq , cadence , Acceleration , debug , Functional Verification , System Design and Verification , System Development Suite , embedded software , Emulation , virtual prototype , Software Development and Debug , firmware , Performance Analysis , xilinx , DAC 2012 , Design Automation Conference , system integration

SystemC TLM-2.0 Virtual Platform Direct Memory Interface (DMI) Performance Impac…

One of the most interesting concepts in SystemC TLM-2.0 is the concept of Direct…

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Direct Memory Interface , Zynq-7000' , SystemC , Virtual Platforms , linux

DAC 2012: The Top Seven Reasons for using FPGA Based Prototyping

John Blyler, Editorial Director at Extension Media , presented in our EDA360 Theatre…

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DAC 2012 Video: R&D Fellow Mike Stellfox on the Emerging Bottlenecks in SoC System…

R&D Fellow Mike Stellfox leads a group of trailblazers inside Cadence. Specifically…

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DAC 2012: Enabling the Programming of an Extensible Processing Platform

We at Cadence have been writing about the virtual prototype associated with the Xilinx…

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High-Level Design and Verification: How Can We Finally Move on From the Forrest Gump…

Richard Goering wrote an excellent summary of the DAC panel "High Level Synthesis…

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DAC , TLM , DAC panel , high-level verification , RTL , Forrest Gump , high-level design , SoC , System Design & Verification , SystemC , C-to-Silicon Compiler , high level synthesis , HLS , C++ , ESL , verification

Video: DAC 2012 Discussion with EET's Brian Fuller on EDA and Video

Continuing our conversation on leveraging social media for EDA, at the Design Automation…

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Brian Fuller , Joe Hupcey III , interview , video , Blogging , Social Media , DAC 2012 , EE Times

Video: Oski Technology’s Courageous "72 hour Verification Challenge" Using Incisive…

I've seen a lot of intriguing promotions over the years, but at DAC 2012 our partners…

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DAC 2012 Best User Track Paper Review: Deploying Model Checking for Bypass Verif…

Bypass logic verification is a common and difficult challenge for modern VLSI design…

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DAC , ABV , DAC best paper , Functional Verification , formal , Vigyan Singhal , bypass verification , bypass logic , User Track , papers , DAC 2012 , IEV , Darrow Chu , Formal verification

Photo Essay and Comments on DAC 2012 in San Francisco, CA

In addition to the annotated image gallery (click here or on the image), below are…

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gallery , DAC , Joe Hupcey III , ABV , CDNLive , Functional Verification , formal , "Coverage Unreachability" , formal apps , Richard Goering , 20nm , Vigyan Singhal , bypass verification , Denali Party , UCIS , DVcon , Accellera , Lego , Hosted Design Solutions , DAC 2012 , robot , IEV , Oski , Rubik's Cube , Formal verification , IFV , cloud computing , verification

Using Event Ports (With Edge Attribute) to Define Simulator Sensitive Events Rather…

There are two ways in e to define an event to be sensitive to a change of value in…

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AF , events , Specman , Synchronization , Functional Verification , event ports , ports , simple ports , e language , team specman , interface , edge attribute

DAC 2012: Connecting Emulation to the Real World of Wireless Interfaces

This is certainly the most connected DAC I have been to so far. Tweets and connections…

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ESL Market , DAC , wireless , Verification Computing Platform , Virtual System Platform , software virtual prototype , cadence , Acceleration , Functional Verification , Palldium XP , System Design and Verification , System Development Suite , system modeling , embedded software , Rohde & Schwarz , Emulation , dac2012 , LTE , Design Automation Conference , carrier aggregation , LTE advanced

DAC 2012: High-Level Synthesis Tutorial Standing Room Only

Monday is tutorial day at DAC, and this year the highest-attended tutorial was Synthesizing…

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High-Level Synthesis , Intel , C to Silicon , dac2012 , Bohm , SystemC , Synthesis , HLS , ESL , verification

DAC 2012 Gary Smith EDA Kickoff: EDA and ESL Growth and Four Different Software Virtual…

DAC 2012 kicked off yesterday with the annual DAC Reception followed by Gary Smith…

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ESL Market , DAC , Virtual System Platform , software virtual prototype , cadence , Functional Verification , System Design and Verification , Gary Smith EDA , System Development Suite , system modeling , embedded software , GSEDA , dac2012 , Design Automation Conference

DAC 2012: Handling a Double Paradigm Shift for Embedded Software Development

Change is hard. And we in product marketing for development tools are trying to cause…

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DAC , Virtual System Platform , CDNLive , cadence , debug , Functional Verification , Verum , System Design and Verification , Methods2Business , System Development Suite , system modeling , embedded software , dac2012 , Technology Adoption , Software Generation , Design Automation Conference , Formal verification

Accellera Systems Initiative Releases UVM 1.1b for SystemVerilog

Accellera Systems Initiive released the UVM 1.1b on its website June 1 and announced…

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DAC , uvm , uvm world , Functional Verification , UVM 1.1b , Accellera

Being The Energizer Bunny at DAC … Championing System-Level Design and Verification…

As the EDA industry and its customers are preparing for the yearly show down at the…

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NextOp , DAC , CDNLive , debug , Functional Verification , LeCroy , AMD , System Design and Verification , celeration , Methods2Business , System Development Suite , Xilinx SDK , Incisive , in-circuit emulation , LSI , Palladium XP , Emulation , in-circuit acceleration , Dini , Imperas , ARM , Design Automation Conference , Rohde&Schwarz , DAC breakfast
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