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Shift Verification Left: AI Tools for Faster, Smarter Chip Design

Originally written by Hamid Shojaei, Co-Founder of ChipStack and now Distinguished…

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• 7 min read
ChipStack , featured , EDA , ChipStack AI Super Agent , AI

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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• 3 min read
featured , Perspec , pss , portable stimulus
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Free eVC Generator From CFS Vision Update

In an earlier post Team Specman had the pleasure of introducing the free, open source…

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Specman , Functional Verification , OVM e , e , CFS Vision , FOSS , eRM

Crises In The Semiconductor Industry

I am on my way to Japan and I have just finished to read an excellent book and in…

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System Design and Verification , SoC , Semiconductor , ESL

Built-in Message Logging – Part 2 of 2

[Team Specman welcomes back guest blogger, Michael Avery from our Services Group…

• 3 min read
Specman , debug , Functional Verification , e , Funcional Verification , Aspect Oriented Programming , AOP

UVM = OVM 2.1: Even Better!

Since I'm not a member of the Accellera VIP TSC, I did not attend the 2.5-day face…

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uvm , Functional Verification , OVM , Accellera VIP TSC

Built-in Message Logging – Part 1 of 2

[Team Specman welcomes guest blogger Michael Avery, from our Services Group in the…

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Specman , Functional Verification , tech tips , e , AOP , IES-XL

VIP Portfolio Extension: New AMBA 4 Protocol Support

ARM-loving Specmaniacs's rejoice: we are now at liberty to announce that we are providing…

• 1 min read
metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , vPlan , Cadence VIP portfolio , OVM , VIP , Compliance Management System , CMS , AMBA , ARM

Have You Considered e Lately?

Richard Goering's recent interview with Mitch Weaver on the future of Specman and…

• 2 min read
SystemVerilog , Specman , Testbench simulation , e , verification

Running Incisive on Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu is by many accounts the most popular and the easiest to use Linux distribution…

• 4 min read
Incisive , Ubuntu , Systemm Design and Verification , Virtual Machine , linux

Why OOP Falls Short For Verification

Last week at DVCon , frequent Team Specman guest blogger Matan Vax of R&D gave a…

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Object Oriented Programming , Functional Verification , e , DVcon , OOP , Aspect Oriented Programming , AOP

DVCon 2010 - Day 3

Click here or on the image below to go to the annotated photo blog of DVCon 2010…

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Object Oriented Programming , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , OVM SV , DVcon , OOP , AMIQ , OVM SC

DVCon 2010 Rocked!

I've spent much of this week at the San Jose Doubletree Hotel for DVCon 2010 , and…

• 1 min read
DAC , uvm , methodology , Functional Verification , OVM , DVcon

DVCon 2010 - Day 2

Click here or on the image below to go to the annotated photo blog of DVCon Day 2…

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Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , CDV , OVM SV , e , Mike Stellfox , DVcon , OOP , AOP

DVCon 2010 - Day 1

Click here or on the image below to go to the photo blog of DVCon Day 1. …

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uvm , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , OVM SV , DVcon , AMIQ , Accellera , OVM SC

DVCon "Day 0" - Quick Report From SystemC Day

If you were looking for more evidence that the transition from RTL to ESL is gaining…

• 1 min read
TLM , Functional Verification , DVcon , SystemC , System Verification , ESL

Editor For OVM Field Registration Macros

The OVM SystemVerilog Class Library has built-in automation for many service routines…

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SystemVerilog , eclipse , uvm , Functional Verification , OVM , AMIQ , macros

DVCon: Showcasing The Cadence Passion For Verification Excellence

Yeah, I know I'm a marketing guy but I really like this stuff! For sure, we are going…

• 1 min read
SystemVerilog , uvm , Low Power , ABV , Functional Verification , simvision , OVM , Incisive , e , DVcon , SystemC , mixed signal , IES

Quiet Before The Storm? And What to Expect at DVCon 2010

In the last couple weeks Mentor did an about-face and decided to embrace SystemC…

• 1 min read
System Design and Verification , DVcon , SystemC , ESL

Rev 2 of OVM e Scoreboard on OVMWorld.org Now

Just in time for DVCon 2010 , I'm happy to inform you that revision 2 of the OVM…

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Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , e , DVcon

Moving Past The Missing Model Syndrome

One of the issues that has hindered the progress of using Virtual Platforms for early…

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Fast Models , Models , virtual platform , C-to-Silcon , SoC , ARM , System Design and Verification

Cadence Exec: Why Cadence is Comitted to e/Specman

In case you or your management are wondering about Cadence's commitment to supporting…

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IEEE 1647 , SystemVerilog , IntelliGen , Specman , Object Oriented Programming , OVM ML , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , e , team specman , OOP , ClubT , Aspect Oriented Programming , SystemC , eRM , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , AOP , IES-XL , Trailblazer

OVM Community Contributions: Wildly Popular And Clearly Essential

A couple of weeks ago, before going to bed one night I checked the statistics for…

• 2 min read
uvm , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , OVM , Contributions , Accellera

DVCon 2010 For The Specmaniac

At next week's DVCon in San Jose, CA, Cadence will cover all aspects of our verification…

• 4 min read
SystemVerilog , Specman , TLM , Object Oriented Programming , OVM ML , Functional Verification , OVM , OVM e , Incisive , e , Mike Stellfox , DVcon , OOP , AMIQ , SystemC , MDV , eRM , AOP , IES-XL

Beyond Coverage: Adding Arbitrary Metrics To Your Metric-Driven flow

The most common metrics used in current metric driven verification (MDV) flows are…

• 3 min read
Specman , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , vPlan , e , Enterprise Manager , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES-XL

Methodology Is Important But Language Matters - Part 2

In this blog, I would like to discuss the direction in the languages that will be…

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High-Level Synthesis , Verification planning and management , TLM-driven design , TLM , System Design and Verification , embedded software , virtual protoype , ESL handoff , SystemC , C-to-Silicon Compiler , TLM 2.0-driven design , verification

An Analogy: UVM Is To OVM As SystemVerilog Is To Verilog

In my last blog entry , I implored Accellera to release UVM 1.0 quickly, standardizing…

• 1 min read
uvm , methodology , Functional Verification , OVM , compatibility , Accellera , OVM 2.1 , VMM

Tech Tip: Easy Way To Re-Run Using The Same Seed

[Team Specman welcomes back Application Engineer Hilmar Van Der Kooij as this week…

• 2 min read
Specman , Funcional Verification , IES-XL

What Does The History of RTL Adoption Foreshadow For The Future of TLM Methodology…

Cadence is in the vanguard of a movement to a higher level of productivity via the…

• 3 min read
TLM , RTL , System Design and Verification , IP re-use , Synthesis , verification

How Big Is An int?

This week I'm taking a break from my series on Android System Verification to talk…

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Small Device C Compiler , wishbone , z80 , OpenCores , ISX
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