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VIP Following OVM Frees Users to Choose SystemVerilog and e

Back in November Cadence introduced a vastly expanded verification IP portfolio using…

Adam Sherer 19 Jan 2009 • 1 min read

SystemVerilog , OVM , VIP , e , multi-language , eRM

New AEware: Generate vr_ad Definitions for IP-XACT XML IP Blocks

[Please welcome guest blogger Steve Hobbs, an Application Engineer in our Field…

teamspecman 19 Jan 2009 • 5 min read

Specman , IP-XACT , vr_ad , Register Package , e , Spirit

Welcome to the "Exploring the Virtual Platform" Series

Today I'm starting a series of articles related to what is commonly called the Virtual…

jasona 16 Jan 2009 • 5 min read

virtual platform , System Design and Verification , virtual protoype

Aart DeGeus' Surprise Comment at Last Night's EDAC CEO Forum

Last night the Electronic Design Automation Consortium ("EDAC", the trade group for…

jvh3 15 Jan 2009 • 2 min read

IEEE 1647 , events , Functional Verification , e , EDAC

Generation Debugging With "IntelliGen" (With Video)

You might have seen the Generation Debugger of Specman's new Generation Engine IntelliGen…

teamspecman 14 Jan 2009 • 3 min read

IntelliGen , Specman , e , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES

Predictions for 2009

Having summarized the main verification technology-specific observations that the…

jvh3 13 Jan 2009 • 3 min read

Specman , HW/SW , verification strategy , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , OSCI , Multi-domain verification: HW/SW co-verification , ISX (Incisive Software Extensions) , SystemC , ISX , System Verification , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES

Functional Coverage for Embedded Software

Hardware verification has evolved into keeping track of a pile of different types…

jasona 9 Jan 2009 • 3 min read

FoCus , IBM , System Design and Verification , Specmen , DV club

The New Generation Testcase Utility

Specman's new Generation Engine, "IntelliGen", adopts an entirely new generation…

teamspecman 8 Jan 2009 • 4 min read

IntelliGen , Specman , Functional Verification , Testbench simulation , e , Aspect Oriented Programming , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES , AOP

A Look Back On 2008 (Before Hazarding Predictions for 2009)

Before I dare take a stab at adding to the many predictions already made for 2009…

jvh3 7 Jan 2009 • 4 min read

HW/SW , verification strategy , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Open Verification Methodology , OVM , Coverage-Driven Verification , CDV , Multi-domain verification: HW/SW co-verification , e , Enterprise Manager , Enterprise Planner , coverage driven verification (CDV)

The Eternal Debate: "Like" vs. "When" Inheritance

First: Happy New Year, Specmaniacs! Much like the rivarly between the New York Yankees…

teamspecman 5 Jan 2009 • less than a min read

IEEE 1647 , Specman , verification strategy , Functional Verification , e , Aspect Oriented Programming , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES , AOP

Power tool: The Reflection API

One endless source of neat little tricks is the Reflection API built into Specman…

teamspecman 29 Dec 2008 • 1 min read

Metric-Driven Verification in a Box...

In my last few posts, I was explaining our focus here in Cadence Verification on…

mstellfox 29 Dec 2008 • 1 min read

metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Open Verification Methodology , Cadence VIP portfolio , OVM , VIP , Coverage-Driven Verification , CDV , e , Verification IP modeling , eRM

Make Your Command Line Life Easier With "specman -e"

Hi All, It always amazes me to see just how many Specman users make use of the interactive…

teamspecman 22 Dec 2008 • 1 min read

Specman , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES

Who said Cadence Can't Invent New Technology Anymore?

I and the rest of the Cadence C-to-Silicon Compiler (CtoS) team were thrilled yesterday…

archive 19 Dec 2008 • 1 min read

deepchip , System Design and Verification , C-to-Silicon

Shout-out: Q1 2009 DV Club Schedule Posted

Last month I had the pleasure of attending a DV Club lunch presentation on analog…

jvh3 19 Dec 2008 • less than a min read

events , verification strategy , Verification methodology , Functional Verification

Thanks for a Great 2008!

Even though 2008 will probably go down in history as the year of Doom and Gloom we…

jasona 19 Dec 2008 • 1 min read

Using e Ports

The other day I saw some posts to the Yahoo Specman group regarding e ports. The…

teamspecman 19 Dec 2008 • 3 min read

IEEE 1647 , Specman , verification strategy , Verification methodology , Testbench simulation , e , Verification IP modeling , eRM , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES

Quickly Create and Manage e Functional Coverage

As a verification engineer, I have always found creating coverage code to be one…

teamspecman 18 Dec 2008 • 3 min read

IEEE 1647 , Specman , Verification methodology , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , MDV techtorial , Coverage-Driven Verification , CDV , e , Enterprise Manager , Enterprise Planner , coverage driven verification (CDV)

Video Demo: “irun” – The Way to run Simulations!

The irun utility provides a use-model to run simulations with Incisive Simulator…

adua 17 Dec 2008 • less than a min read

Functional Verification , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES)

Is it Necessary to Improve the Quality of Consumer Electronics?

Fellow blogger Joe Hupcey passed along a link covering the recent launch of the BlackBerry…

jasona 16 Dec 2008 • 4 min read

System Design and Verification , software acceleration , blackberry , Enterprise Manager , ISX

Constraint Layering - Fine Tuning Your Environment - Part 2

In my last post , I talked briefly about constraint layering in which I gave an extremely…

teamspecman 12 Dec 2008 • 4 min read

IEEE 1647 , Specman , verification strategy , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , Testbench simulation , e , Aspect Oriented Programming , IES , AOP

New Technical Blog on e & Specman Technology

Specmaniacs of the world: rejoice! Members of Team Specman have just launched their…

jvh3 10 Dec 2008 • less than a min read

IEEE 1647 , Specman , e

Constraint layering - Fine Tuning Your Environment - Part 1

In today's environment of ever growing complexity and ever shrinking schedules,…

teamspecman 10 Dec 2008 • 3 min read

IEEE 1647 , SystemVerilog , Specman , verification strategy , Verification methodology , Object Oriented Programming , Functional Verification , e , OOP , Aspect Oriented Programming , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES , AOP

New e / Specman Workshops Available Now

In response to the continual growth in the e /Specman user community, Team Specman…

teamspecman 10 Dec 2008 • 2 min read

workshops , IEEE 1647 , Specman , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Testbench simulation , MDV techtorial , OVM e , Coverage-Driven Verification , e , Kit , coverage driven verification (CDV) , eRM , IES

New Blog - All About e & Specman

End-users of e , Specman, Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES), e RM/OVM e , and…

teamspecman 10 Dec 2008 • 1 min read

IEEE 1647 , Specman , verification strategy , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Testbench simulation , OVM e , Coverage-Driven Verification , e , coverage driven verification (CDV) , eRM , Incisive Enterprise Simulator (IES) , IES

Metric Driven System Level Verification

I have the great honor of introducing a wonderful paper on system level verification…

jasona 5 Dec 2008 • 1 min read

System Design and Verification , ARC International , ISX

VMM Users -- Welcome to the OVM!

VMM users -- welcome to the OVM! We've been talking together about the benefits…

Adam Sherer 4 Dec 2008 • 3 min read

SystemVerilog , Verification methodology , Functional Verification , OVM , VIP , e , eRM , OVMWorld

News From the IP '08 Conference

My colleagues on the Verification IP team have been honored to present at the annual…

jvh3 3 Dec 2008 • 3 min read

HW/SW , metric driven verification (MDV) , Functional Verification , Cadence VIP portfolio , VIP , Coverage-Driven Verification , Multi-domain verification: HW/SW co-verification , ISX (Incisive Software Extensions) , Verification IP modeling , ISX

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