Semiconductor Engineering

Universal Verification Methodology Running Out Of Steam

For the past decade or so, the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) has been the de facto verification methodology supported by the entire EDA industry. But as chips become more heterogeneous, ...
EDN

Formal-based methodology cuts digital design IP verification time

When we talk about the signoff of digital IP, we are referring to the full verification of a block. Every feature listed in a device’s datasheet requires verification. Furthermore, every register ...
Design-Reuse

Accellera Approves Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) Standard

Open-Source SystemVerilog base class library implementation and User Guide accompanies the UVM Class Reference Manual; Workshop set for Monday, Feb. 28 at DVCon NAPA, Calif., February 21, 2011 — ...
Business Wire

MathWorks Speeds FPGA and ASIC Verification with Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) Support

NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MathWorks today announced that HDL Verifier provides support for the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) starting with Release 2019b, which is currently available.
Semiconductor Engineering

Best Practices In Verification

The advent of advanced verification methodologies such as the UVM and its predecessors VMM and OVM has changed the verification landscape in many ways. Design and verification teams used to worry ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Universal Verification Methodology Coverage For Bluespec RISC-V Cores

Attempting to achieve complete RISC-V verification requires multiple methodologies, one of which is coverage driven simulation based on UVM constrained random methods and complaint with the Universal ...
EDN

Reuse UVM RTL verification tests for gate level simulation

When we verify a System on Chip (SoC) that embeds microprocessors with several digital peripherals, and possibly analog blocks as well, we want to check all the implemented features and possible ...
EDN

UVM Reactive agents verify with a handshake

UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) is widely used in creating object-oriented test environments. UVM provides two key benefits to verification engineers; one is reusability; the other is ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Verification Methodologies Evolve, But Slowly

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss digital twins and what is required to develop and verify new chips across a variety of industries, such as automotive and aerospace, with Larry Lapides, ...
Electronic Design

Make the Move from Module-Based Mixed-Signal Verification to UVM

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. This article discusses techniques used to achieve this transition, including proxy SystemVerilog interface task calls ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Inside UVM

We have all been witnesses to the rapid improvements of the iPhone processor chip every year. With the iPhone 8 featuring the newest A11 Bionic at 10 nm FinFET with 4.3 billion transistors, I can’t ...