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Submitted By MDV Team Member - Paul Carzola
Lead Consulting Engineer, Verification

If you're looking for a really easy way to create an executable verification plan, you need take a look at Enterprise Planner, which is a licensed feature of Incisive Enterprise Manager.  Enterprise Planner allows you to easily create, edit and maintain verification plans, either starting from scratch, or by linking and tracking…

Specmaniacs rejoice: Cadence has uploaded the OVM e Scoreboard Infrastructure Package to OVM World. Here are the highlights from star guest blogger Efrat Shneydor of Methodology R&D:

The OVM Scoreboard provides a substantial scoreboard framework, applicable to many kinds of systems and checking requirements. With this framework you can define a scoreboard unit, connect it to the environment monitor(s), and customize…

This is a first for me, basically writing about the same topic. But, the SPB16.3 Virtual Conference is an event you'll all want to attend and it's tomorrow! Don't delay - register today!

You can read my detailed blog post here - What's Good About the SPB16.3 Release? Join The Virtual Conference 12/02/09 and See!

Jerry "GenPart" Grzenia

There is a new free, open source (FOSS) e language project out there called “CFS Vision” that’s been getting very positive reviews from Specman users as well as our own Application Engineers.  For example, their latest release is a really useful “eChart eVC” (actually a mix of e and Java) which allows you to draw charts directly from the verification environment.  Given all of this positive…

A few months ago we introduced the Sequences API in OVM e in the post “OVM e Sequence API Brings Increased Flexibility”.

As described in that post, the Specman docs, and in code examples, one can use the API to create interesting complex scenarios – layering, priorities, accelerating performance, and more. While there are many who dove right in and explored the wide range of benefits that sequences…

Over 125 Verification engineers honored us this past Tuesday by attending the annual "ClubT" in Hertzelia. Here are some of the highlights (and if you were an attendee please post your feedback or follow-up questions in the comments below):

• Main themes:

• There was high interest in latest updates delivered in recent versions, with particular interest on the 9.2 version that just came out. (Apparently…

As you may recall I was involved in producing several events this past fall. Allow me to share a few nuggets from the experience:

Specialization Is Accelerating
As industries advance, there is always a natural trend toward increasing specialization since the given technologies evolve beyond the ability of any single person to handle the wealth of growing knowledge. For example, 100 years ago a doctor could be trained in…

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• Databahn DDR-PHY
• Databahn DRAM Memory Controller IP
• DDR-PHY.ORG

You will NOT want to miss this event! The first ever Virtual Trade Show for the SPB products will take place on December 2, 2009. Mark your calendars and register ASAP!

The event opens at 11:00am EST. All the Cadence® SPB16.3 products will be covered - Allegro® and OrCAD®, PCB and IC packaging/SiP design technology.

To attend this event - simply register here

You can read more about this from the main Cadence…

Okay, so I really have no idea how to tie those 2 things together, but I ran across this little widget the other day and just had to share it (slide the slider until it's about 2/3 of the way across).  I know we've all seen electron microscope images of those transistors we're fiddling with, but do you really have any idea how small they are?  Maybe you do, but I don't think I realized that the length of the…

Welcome to the first TeamMDV blog. We are excited to bring you information, tips, tricks and recommendations all centered around Metric Driven Verification (MDV). To start, here is an interview with Dylan Dobbyn, the verification manager at Teradyne, about their first time experience in implementing MDV. Check out Dylan's recent Chip Design article on "Metric-Driven Verification: The Key to Achieving…

My good friend and fellow blogger - Bob Dwyer - recently posted on the new Cadence Online Support.

Bob did a terrific job and I encourage you to read his post -  Find, Fix And Learn With Cadence Online Support

Bob's provided screenshots, highlights, and suggested tips for navigating in the system!

The new Cadence Online Support was released in a Beta mode on 10/26/09.This Beta technique has been used by several companies…

Team Specman guesstimates that a majority of users have migrated to "IntelliGen" -- the all new, Aspect-Oriented generation engine inside of Specman and IES-XL, and/or they are in the process of adopting IntelliGen now. However, in case your CAD configuration is just becoming unfrozen after a long project, or you just want to quickly train new users on this powerful technology, we are excited to announce there is a…

2009 is the tenth year that I've spent at least a portion of my time responsible for formal analysis products. As per my profile, my two most recent employers before Cadence were 0-In (now part of Mentor) and Synopsys. Between these jobs I consulted for eight other EDA companies, four of which offered formal products.

You would think that I've learned a few things during the past decade, and I believe that I…

Specmaniacs Based In Israel,

Please join us for a day of in-depth presentations and demonstrations of the latest methodologies and technologies for advanced verification this 17 November at the Dan Accadia Hotel in Herzelia.

Specman users and Cadence R&D experts will deliver presentations and demos, as per the following agenda:

08:30-09:00 Registration

09:00-09:15 Welcome and Introduction

09:15-10:30 MDV flow & soluti…

We recently rolled out a new online support mechanism that replaces Sourcelink called Cadence Online Support.  Point your web browser to sourcelink.cadence.com and you'll notice that it redirects to support.cadence.com. 

Improving the search capabilities was one of the major focuses of Cadence Online Support.  A single box enables searching across the following areas:

• Troubleshooting
• Product Manuals
• New or Changed Fe…

Remember those letters, we'll get back to them in a bit...

First a couple of FAQ's about axes in ViVA. 

How can I tell which axis a signal is associated to?

Well, this isn't the easiest thing in the…

Today, Cadence recognized it's OVM team for their innovative contribution to the Cadence enterprise starting in 2008.  Why enterprise?  To me, enterprise is the most exciting part because it underscore how the OVM has rallied all of Cadence verification around a common cause which has both polished our image as the verification leader and created new business opportunities.

To understand the impact, we need to step back…

Today myself and the whole Trailblazer team are proud to celebrate the success of my colleagues' winning awards on Cadence's "Innovation Day".  In specific reference to the verification segment winners, over the past year I've had a front row seat to their struggles.  They will be too modest to admit this, but let me tell you there were times when it was really dark for them. 

One of the very cool things about my job is that I get to see all kinds of new stuff early. I’m privileged to be involved in technology roll outs, and so get to be involved in early discussions with R&D, Product Engineering, and Marketing. And, I gotta tell you, there is very cool stuff coming out.

As I think we’ve established, I’m a geek. (And there’s my daughter again, rolling her eyes, and saying…