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The CHIPS ACT and Its Impact On The Design & Verification Markets
UVM Working Group Releases 1800.2-2020-2.0 Library
User Experiences with the Portable Stimulus Standard
Getting Beyond ISA Compliance: Advanced Core/SoC Verification for RISC-V and other Beasts
Understanding the RISC-V Verification Ecosystem
What is new in IP-XACT Std. IEEE 1685-2022?
The Growing Need for End-to-end Protocol Verification for IP to Multi-die Systems
A Wholistic Approach to Optimizing Your System Verification Flow
Verification 2.0 – Multi-Engine, Multi-Run AI Driven Verification
Richard Weber, Jamsheed Agahi, Josh Rensch, Eric Sherk
Hardware/Software Interface Formats A Discussion
Democratizing Digital-centric Mixed-signal Verification methodologies
Harnessing the Power of UVM for AMS Verification with XMODEL
Next Frontier in Formal Verification
Pushbutton Complete IP Generation
Verification of Inferencing Algorithm Accelerators
Evolutionary and Revolutionary Innovation for Effective Verification Management & Closure
Accelerate Coverage Closure from Day-1 with AI-driven Verification
Static Sign-Off Best Practices Learnings and Experiences from Industry Use Cases
A Methodology for Power and Energy Efficient Systems Design
Migrating from UVM to UVM-AMS
User Experiences with the Portable Stimulus Standard
Regvue Modern Hardware/Software Interface Documentation
Survey of Machine Learning (ML) Applications in Functional Verification (FV)
Using a modern build system to speed up complex hardware design
Tree Data Framework for Code Generation: Application of Generating UVM Testbench for Complex Designs
The Evolution of RISC-V Processor Verification
Avoiding Configuration Madness The Easy Way
Verifying RO registers: Challenges and the solution
What’s Next for SystemVerilog in the Upcoming IEEE 1800 standard
A UVM Reactive Testbench for Jitter Tolerance Measurement of High-Speed Wireline Receivers
Random Testcase Generation and Verification of Debug Unit for a RISC-V Processor Core
What I Wish My Regression Run Manager’s Vendor Knew!
Security Verification using Perspec/Portable Stimulus
Dr. Shahid Ikram, Distinguished Engineer, Marvell Semi Mark Eslinger, Product Engineer, Siemens
Demystifying Formal Testbenches: Tips, Tricks, and Recommendations
Debarshi Chatterjee, Spandan Kachhadia, Chen Luo, Kumar Kushal, Siddhanth Dhodhi
GraphCov: RTL Graph Based Test Biasing for Exploring Uncharted Coverage Landscape
Improve Emulator Test Quality By Applying Synthesizable Functional Coverage
UVM-SV Feedback Loop – The foundation of Self-Improving Testbenches
A Simulation Expert’s Guide to Formally Proving SW Status and Interrupts
The Untapped Power of UVM Resources and Why Engineers Should Use the uvm_resource_db API
Automated Thread Evaluation of Various RISC-V Alternatives using Random Instruction Generation
See the Forest for the Trees – How to Effectively Model and Randomize a DRT Structure
Power models & Terminal Boundary: Get your IP Ready for Low Power
Automation for Early Detection of X-propagation in Power-Aware Simulation Verification using UPF IEEE 1801
Strategies to Maximize Reusability of UVM Test Scenarios in SoC Verification
Complex Safety Mechanisms Require Interoperability and Automation For Validation And Metric Closure
Closing Functional Coverage With Deep Reinforcement Learning A Compression Encoder Example
Hierarchical UPF Design – The ‘Easy’ Way
DatagenDV: Python Constrained Random Test Stimulus Framework
Deadlock Free Design Assurance Using Architectural Formal Verification
Exploring Machine Learning to assign debug priorities to improve the design quality
Doing the Impossible: Using Formal Verification on Packet Based Data Paths
It’s Not Too Late to Adopt: The Full Power of UVM
Is Your System’s Security preserved? Verification of Security IP integration
Automated Modeling Testbench Methodology Tested with four Types of PLL Models
FSM Minesweeper – Scalable FV Methodology for Detecting Hangs in Interacting FSMs
Identifying unique power scenarios with data mining techniques at full SoC level with real workloads
Creating 5G Test Scenarios, the Constrained-Random way
Take AIM! Introducing the Analog Information Model
An Enhanced DV Approach for Effectively Verifying High Speed, Low Power MIPI-MPHY 5.0 Designs
Accelerating Functional Verification Through Stabilization of Testbench Using AI/ML
Do not forget to ‘Cover’ your SystemC code with UVMC
Improvement of UVM IP Validation using Portable Stimulus (PSS)
A UVM Reactive Testbench for Jitter Tolerance Measurement of High-Speed Wireline Receivers
Pragmatic Formal Verification of Sequential Error Detection and Correction Codes (ECCs) used in Safety-Critical Design
Verification Macros: Maintain the integrity of verifiable IP UPF through integration
System-Level Power Estimation of SSDs under Real Workloads using Emulation
A Hardware and Software Integrated Power Optimization Approach with Power Aware Simulations at SOC
UVM Based Mixed-Signal Verification of a Display PMIC Designed for OLED Display Applications
Accelerated Verification of NAND Flash Memory using HW Emulator
Leveraging UVM-based Low Power Package Library to SOC Designs
Automation Methodology for Bus Performance Verification using IP-XACT
Discover Over-Constraints by Leveraging Formal Tool
Automated Connectivity Test Creation for System-in-Package Analog Mixed-Signal Verification
A Study on Virtual Prototyping based Design Verification Methodology
Check Low-Power Violations by Using Machine Learning Based Classifier
DVCon US 2023 Proceedings
An Enhanced DV Approach for Effectively Verifying High Speed, Low Power MIPI-MPHY5.0 Designs
Accelerating Functional Verification Through Stabilization of Testbench Using AI/ML
Regvue Modern Hardware/Software Interface (HSI) Documentation
A Survey of Machine Learning Applications in Functional Verification
Do not forget to ‘Cover’ your SystemC code with UVMC
Using a modern software build system to speed up complex hardware design
Improvement of UVM Scenario Generation, Control and Reproducibility using Portable Stimulus (PSS) for IP Validation
Tree Data Framework for Code Generation: Application of Generating UVM Testbench for Complex Designs
The Evolution of RISC-V Processor Verification: Open Standards and Verification IP
Avoiding Configuration Madness The Easy Way
Verifying RO registers: Challenges and the solution
What’s Next for SystemVerilog in the Upcoming IEEE 1800 standard
Do not forget to ‘Cover’ your SystemC code with UVMC
Random Testcase Generation and Verification of Debug Unit for a RISC-V Processor Core
What I Wish My Regression Run Manager’s Vendor Knew!
Pragmatic Formal Verification of Sequential Error Detection and Correction Codes (ECCs) used in Safety-Critical Design
RISC-V Security Verification using Perspec/Portable Stimulus
SystemVerilog Real Models for an InMemory Compute Design
Verification Macros: Maintain the integrity of verifiable IP UPF through integration
System-Level Power Estimation of SSDs under Real Workloads using Emulation
Demystifying Formal Testbenches: Tips, Tricks, and Recommendations
Early Detection of Functional Corner Case Bugs using Methodologies of the ISO 26262
A Hardware and Software integrated power optimization approach with power aware simulations at SOC
GraphCov: RTL Graph Based Test Biasing for Exploring Uncharted Coverage Landscape
UVM Based Mixed-Signal Verification of a Display PMIC Designed for OLED Display Applications
Accelerated Verification of NAND Flash Memory using HW Emulator
Improve emulator test quality by applying synthesizable functional coverage
UVM-SV Feedback Loop – The Foundation of Self-Improving Testbenches
A Simulation Expert’s Guide to Formally Verifying Software Status and Interrupts
Successive Refinement of UPF Power Switches
The Untapped Power of UVM Resources and Why Engineers Should Use the uvm_resource_db API
Automated Thread Evaluation of Various RISC-V Alternatives using Random Instruction Generators
See the Forest for the Trees – How to Effectively Model and Randomize a Directed Rooted Tree Structure
Power Models and Terminal Boundary: Get your IP Ready for Low Power
Leveraging UVM-based Low Power Package Library to SOC Designs
Automation for Early Detection of Xpropagation in Power-Aware Simulation Verification using UPF IEEE 1801
Functional Instruction Set Simulator (ISS) of a Neural Network Accelerator IP with native “brain float16” format
Automation Methodology for Bus Performance Verification using IP-XACT
Discover Over-Constraints by Leveraging Formal Tool
Strategies to Maximize Reusability of UVM Test Scenarios in SoC Verification
Complex Safety Mechanisms Require Interoperability and Automation For Validation And Metric Closure
Closing Functional Coverage With Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Compression Encoder Example
DatagenDV: Python Constrained Random Test Stimulus Framework
Automated Connectivity Test Creation for System-in-Package Analog Mixed-Signal Verification
A Study on Virtual Prototyping based Design Verification Methodology
Deadlock Free Design Assurance Using Architectural Formal Verification
Exploring Machine Learning to assign debug priorities to improve the design quality
Doing the Impossible: Using Formal Verification on Packet Based Data Paths
It’s Not Too Late to Adopt: The Full Power of UVM
Is Your System’s Security preserved? Verification of Security IP integration
Check Low-Power Violations by Using Machine Learning Based Classifier
Automated Modeling Testbench Methodology Tested with four Types of PLL Models
FSM Minesweeper – Scalable Formal Verification Methodology for Detecting Hangs in Interacting FSMs
Identifying unique power scenarios with data mining techniques at full SoC level with real workloads
Creating 5G Test Scenarios, the Constrained-Random way
Take AIM! Introducing the Analog Information Model
Hierarchical UPF Design – The ‘Easy’ Way
DVCon U.S. 2022 Proceedings
DVCon US 2022 Proceedings
Bringing UVM to VHDL
Accellera UVM-AMS Standard Update
The Best Verification Strategy You’ve Never Heard Of
System Verification with MatchLib
Portable Stimulus Standard Update: PSS in the Real World
Proven Strategies for Better Verification Planning: DVCon 2022 Workshop
Machine Learning Driven Verification A Step Function in Productivity and Throughput
Virtual Platforms to Shift-Left Software Development and System Verification
Is Your Hardware Dependable?
IP/SoC Design, Co-Verify, Co-Validate, Co-Everything in 90 minutes!
Introduction to the 5 Levels of RISC-V Processor Verification
“In-Emulator” UVM++ Randomized Testbenches for High Performance Functional Verification
Finding Hidden Bugs In Deep Cycles: Advanced Debug Methodologies for Software-first System Validation
Estimating Power Dissipation of End-User Application on RTL
Building a Comprehensive Hardware Security Methodology
An Overview of Security Annotation for Electronic Design Integration (SA-EDI) Standard
Why Not “Connect” Using UVM Connect: Mixed Language Communication Got Easier with UVMC
What Does The Sequence Say? Powering Productivity with Polymorphism
Using PSS-2.0 Hardware-Software Interface to validate 4G/5G Forward Error Correction Encoder/Decoder IP in Emulation & Silicon
Two-Stage Framework for Corner Case Stimuli Generation Using Transformer and Reinforcement Learning
Test Parameter Tuning with Blackbox Optimization: A Simple Yet Effective Way to Improve Coverage
SystemC Virtual Prototype: Ride the earliest train for Time-To-Market!
Systematic Constraint Relaxation (SCR): Hunting for Over-Constrained Stimulus
Successive Refinement – An Approach to Decouple Front End and Back End Power Intent
Raising the Level of Formal Signoff with End-to-End Checking Methodology
PSS Action Sequence Modeling Using Machine Learning
Problematic Bi-Directional Port Connections: How Well Is Your Simulator Filling the UPF LRM Void?
Pre-Silicon Validation of Production BIOS, Software Use Cases and Accelerator IP Workloads Using Hybrid System Level Emulation SoC Platform
Path-Based UPF Strategies: Optimally Manage Power on Your Designs
Optimizing Turnaround Times in a Continuous Integration Flow Using a Scheduler Based Implementation
Novel GUI Based UVM Test Bench Template Builder
Never Too Late With Formal: Stepwise Guide for Applying Formal Verification in Post-Silicon Phase to Avoid Re-Spins
Modeling Memory Coherency During Concurrent/Simultaneous Accesses
Modeling Analog Devices using SV-RNM
Mixed-Signal Functional Verification Methodology for Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Using ESP Simulation
Mixed-Signal Design Verification: Leveraging the Best of AMS and DMS
Metadata Based Testbench Generation Automation
Maximizing Formal ROI through Accelerated IP Verification Sign-off
Machine Learning Based Verification Planning Methodology Using Design and Verification Data
Left Shift Mechanism to Mitigate Gate Level Asynchronous Design Challenges
Leaping Left: Seamless IP to SoC Hand-off
Is It a Software Bug? Is It a Hardware Bug?
Innovative Uses of SystemVerilog Bind Statements within Formal Verification
Hybrid Emulation: Accelerating Software Driven Verification and Debug
How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Mixing Formal and Simulation Coverage
Hopscotch: A Scalable Flow-Graph Based Approach to Formally Specify and Verify Memory-Tagged Store Execution in Arm CPUs
Hierarchical UPF: Uniform UPF across FE & BE
Fnob: Command Line-Dynamic Random Generator
Flattening the UVM Learning Curve Automated Solutions for DSP Filter Verification
Finding a Needle in a Haystack: A Novel Log Analysis Method with Test Clustering in Distributed Systems
Reusable System-Level Power-Aware IP Modeling Approach
Evaluating the Feasibility of a RISCV Core for Real-Time Applications Using a Virtual Prototype
Enhanced Dynamic Hybrid Simulation Framework for Hardware-Software Verification
Emulation Based Power and Performance Workloads on ML NPUs
Confidently Sign-Off Any Low-Power Designs Without Consequences
Co-Developing Firmware and IP with PSS
Case Study: Successes and Challenges of Validation Content Reuse
CAMEL: A Flexible Cache Model for Cache Verification
Caching Tool Run Results in Large-Scale RTL Development Projects
BatchSolve: A Divide and Conquer Approach to Solving the Memory Ordering Problem
Avoiding Confounding Configurations An RDC Methodology for Configurable Designs
Automatic Translation of Natural Language to SystemVerilog Assertions
Advanced UVM Command Line Processor for Central Maintenance and Randomization of Control Knobs
Advanced Functional Verification for Automotive System on a Chip
Adaptive Test Generation for Fast Functional Coverage Closure
Accelerating Performance, Power and Functional Validation of Computer Vision Use Cases on Next Generation Edge Inferencing Products
Accelerating Error Handling Verification of Complex Systems: A Formal Approach
A Hybrid Verification Solution to RISC-V Vector Extension
A UVM SystemVerilog Testbench for Analog/Mixed-Signal Verification: A Digitally-Programmable Analog Filter Example
A New Approach to Easily Resolve the Hidden Timing Dangers of False Path Constraints on Clock Domain Crossings
A Low Maintenance Infrastructure to Jumpstart CPU Regression and Performance Correlation
A Comparative Study of CHISEL and SystemVerilog Based on Logical Equivalent SweRV EL2 RISCV Core
Why Not “Connect” Using UVM Connect: Mixed Language Communication Got Easier with UVMC
Successive Refinement – An Approach to Decouple Front Front-End and Back Back-End Power Intent
Pre-Silicon Validation of Production BIOS, Software Use Cases and Accelerator IP Workloads using Hybrid System Level Emulation SoC Platform
Novel GUI Based UVM Test Bench Template Builder
Modeling Analog Devices Using SV-RNM
Left Shift Mechanism to Mitigate Gate Level Asynchronous Design Challenges
Hybrid Emulation: Accelerating Software Driven Verification and Debug
Enhanced Dynamic Hybrid Simulation Framework for Hardware-Software Verification
Emulation Based Power and Performance Workloads on ML NPUs
Confidently Sign-off Any low-Power Designs without Consequences
Successes and Challenges of Validation Content Reuse
Avoiding Confounding Configurations an RDC Methodology for Configurable Designs
Accelerating Performance, Power and Functional Validation of Computer Vision Use Cases on Next Generation Edge Inferencing Products
A Low Maintenance Infrastructure to Jumpstart CPU Regression and Performance Correlation
What Does The Sequence Say? Powering Productivity with Polymorphism
Portable Stimulus Standard’s Hardware Software Interface (HSI) to validate 4G 5G Forward Error Correction Encoder/Decoder IP in Emulation Silicon
Two Stage Framework for Corner Case Stimuli Generation Using Transformer and Reinforcement Learning
Test Parameter Tuning with Blackbox Optimization: A Simple Yet Effective Way to Improve Coverage
SystemC Virtual Prototype: Ride the Earliest Train for Time-To-Market
Systematic Constraint Relaxation (SCR): Hunting for Over Constrained Stimulus
Raising the level of Formal Signoff with End to End Checking Methodology
PSS Action Sequence Modeling Using Machine Learning
Problematic Bi-Directional Port Connections: How Well is Your Simulator Filling the UPF LRM Void?
Path-based UPF Strategies: Optimally Manage Power on your Designs
Optimizing Turnaround Times In A CI Flow Using a Scheduler Implementation
Never Too Late with Formal: Stepwise Guide for Applying FV in Post Si Phase to Avoid Re-Spins
Modeling Memory Coherency for Concurrent/Parallel Accesses
Hierarchical UPF: Uniform UPF across FE & BE
Fnob: Command Line-Dynamic Random Generator
Flattening the UVM Learning Curve: Automated Solutions for DSP Filter Verification
Finding a Needle in a Haystack: A Novel Log Analysis Method with Test Clustering in Distributed System
Extension of the Power-Aware IP Reuse Approach to ESL
Evaluating the Feasibility of a RISC V Core for Real Time Applications Using a Virtual Prototype
Co-Developing IP and SoC Bring-Up Firmware with PSS
CAMEL – A Flexible Cache Model for Cache Verification
Caching Tool Run Results in Large Scale RTL Development Projects
BatchSolve: A Divide and Conquer Approach to Solving the Memory Ordering Problem
Automatic Translation of Natural Language to SystemVerilog Assertions
Advanced UVM Command Line Processor
Advanced Functional Verification for Automotive System on a Chip
Adaptive Test Generation for Fast Functional Coverage Closure
Accelerating Error Handling Verification Of Complex Systems: A Formal Approach
A Hybrid Verification Solution to RISC V Vector Extension
A UVM Testbench for Analog Verification: A Programmable Filter Example
A New Approach to Easily Resolve the Hidden Timing Dangers of False Path Constraints on Clock Domain Crossings
A Comparative Study of CHISEL and SystemVerilog Based on Logical Equivalent SweRV EL2 RISC V Core
Mixed Signal Design Verification: Leveraging the Best of AMS and DMS
Modeling Memory Coherency for concurrent/parallel accesses
Mixed Signal Functional Verification Methodology for Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Using ESP Simulation
Metadata Based Testbench Generation
Maximizing Formal ROI through Accelerated IP Verification Sign-off
Machine Learning Based Verification Planning Methodology Using Design and Verification Data
Leaping Left: Seamless IP to SoC Hand off
Is It a Software Bug? It Is a Hardware Bug?
Innovative Uses of SystemVerilog Bind Statements within Formal Verification
How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Mixing Formal and Simulation Coverage
Hopscotch: A Scalable Flow-Graph Based Approach to Verify CPU Store Execution
Low Power Apps (Shaping the Future of Low Power Verification)
Unveil the Mystery of Code Coverage in Low Power Designs (Achieving Power Aware Verification Closure)
Error Injection in a Subsystem Level Constrained Random UVM Testbench
Using Automation to Close the Loop Between Functional Requirements and Their Verification
Formal Verification of Floating-Point Hardware with Assertion-Based VIP
Synthesis of Decoder Tables using Formal Verification Tools
Managing Highly Configurable Design and Verification
Challenges and Mitigations of Porting a UVM Testbench from Simulation to Transaction-Based Acceleration (Co-Emulation)
Practical Scheme to Enhance Verification Turn-Around-Time by Using Reusable Harness Interface (RHI)
Formal Verification of Connections at SoC-level
Formal Architectural Specification and Verification of A Complex SOC
Architectural Formal Verification of System-Level Deadlocks
An Efficient and Modular Approach for Formally Verifying Cache implementations
UVM for HLS: An Expedient Approach to the Functional Verification of HLS Designs
How to Stay Out of the News with ISO26262-Compliant Verification
My Testbench Used to Break! Now it Bends (Adapting to Changing Design Configurations)
Deploying Customized Solution for Graphics Registers with UVM1.2 RAL
Simpler Register Model
Making Autonomous Cars Safer – One chip at a time
Automated Seed Selection Algorithm for an Arbitrary Test Suite
Debugging Functional Coverage Models Get The Most Out of Your Cover Crosses
UVM Acceleration using Hardware Emulator at Pre-silicon Stage
Transparently Checkpointing Software Test Benches to Improve Productivity of SOC Verification in an Emulation Environment
Comprehensive Metrics-Based Methodology to Achieve Low-Power System-on-Chips
Just do it! Who cares if a Structural Analysis tool is using Formal Verification
Automated Physical Hierarchy Generation: Tools and Methodology
IDEs SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO HARDWARE ENGINEERS TOO!
VHDL 2018 New and Noteworthy
IEEE-Compatible UVM Reference Implementation and Verification Components
Formal Verification in the Real World
Bridge the Portable Test and Stimulus to UVM Simulation Environment
Building Portable Stimulus Into your IP-XACT Flow
Portable Stimulus vs Formal vs UVM: A Comparative Analysis of Verification Methodologies Throughout the Life of an IP Block
Leveraging more from GLS: Using metric driven GLS stimuli to boost timing verification
Using Formal to Exhaustively Determine Unsafe Clock Ratios Between Asynchronous Blocks
Clock Domain Crossing Challenges in Latch Based Designs
Improving Verification Predictability and Efficiency Using Big Data
Don’t delay catching bugs: Using UVM based architecture to model external board delays
Making Security Verification “SECURE”
Ultimate Shift Left: Unleash the Power of UVM Virtual LAB Methodology upon SoC Verification
UVM testbench design for ISA functional verification of a microprocessor
SoC Verification of Analog IP Integration through Automated, Formal-Based, Rule-driven Spec Generation
Is Specman Still Relevant? Using UVM-ML to Take Advantage of Multiple Verification Languages
Fast Track Formal Verification Signoff
REUSABLE UPF: Transitioning from RTL to Gate Level Verification
Managing and Automating Hw/Sw Tests from IP to SoC
Holistic Approach to IO Timing Verification Using Portable Stimulus and Assertions
Unraveling the Complexities of Functional Coverage: An advanced guide to simplify your use model
UVM and C – Perfect Together
Coverage Driven Distribution of Constrained Random Stimuli
UVM Sans UVM An approach to automating UVM testbench writing
Run-Time Phasing in UVM: Ready for the Big Time or Dead in the Water?
UVM’s MAM to the Rescue
UVM Rapid Adoption: A Practical Subset of UVM
Double the Return from your Property Portfolio: Reuse of Verification Assets from Formal to Simulation
Portable Stimulus Driven SystemVerilog/UVM verification environment for the verification of a high-capacity Ethernet communication bridge
Every Cloud – Post-Silicon Bug Spurs Formal Verification Adoption
Portable Stimulus Standard: The Promises and Pitfalls of Early Adoption
Coherency Verification & Deadlock Detection Using Perspec/Portable Stimulus
Smart Formal for Scalable Verification
Automatic Generation of Formal Properties for Logic Related to Clock Gating
Connectivity and Beyond
Taking RNM Model to the Next Level: Power-Aware Verification of Mixed-Signal Designs
UVM and UPF: an application of UPF Information Model
Detecting Harmful Race Conditions in SystemC Models Using Formal Techniques
Test driving Portable Stimulus at AMD
Product Life Cycle of Interconnect Bus:A Portable Stimulus Methodology for Performance Modeling, Design Verification, and Post-Silicon Validation
What Ever Happened to AOP?
Unleashing Portable Stimulus Productivity with a Reuse Strategy
Using Portable Stimulus to Verify an ARMv8 Sub-System SoC Integration
FPGA-based Clock Domain Crossing Validation for Safety-Critical Designs
I created the Verification Gap
Using Modal Analysis to Increase Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) Analysis Efficiency and Accuracy
A Systematic Take on Addressing Dynamic CDC Verification Challenges
Simulation Acceleration with ZeBu to Speed IP and Platform Verification
How to test the whole firmware/software when the RTL can’t fit the emulator
Successive Refinement: A Methodology for Incremental Specification of Power Intent
High-Speed Interface IP Validation based on Virtual Emulation Platform
Automation of Reusable Protocol-Agnostic Performance Analysis in UVM Environments
Using Save/Restore is easy, Right?A User’s Perspective on Deploying Save/Restore
Using Machine Learning in Register Automation and Verification
Big Data in Verification: Making Your Engineers Smarter
Fun with UVM Sequences Coding and Debugging
Synchronicity: Bringing Order to the SystemVerilog/UVM Synchronizing Chaos
UVM IEEE Shiny Object
Translating and Adapting to the “real” world: SerDesMixed Signal Verification using UVM
A Methodology to Port a Complex Multi-Language Design and Testbench for Simulation Acceleration
Novel Mixed Signal Verification Methodology Using Complex UDNs
Formal Verification Bootcamp
Parameter Passing From SystemVerilog to SystemC
Fully Automated Functional Coverage Closure
IEEE 1800.2 UVM – Changes Useful UVM Tricks & Techniques
SystemC: Focusing on High Level Synthesis and Functional Coverage for SystemC
Automating the formal verification sign-off flow of configurable digital IP’s
A Coverage-Driven Formal Methodology for Verification Sign-off
Property-Driven Development of a RISC-V CPU
Co-Simulating Matlab/Simulink Models in a UVM Environment
Addressing the Challenges of Reset Verification in SoC Designs
Parameterized and Re-usable Jitter Model for Serial and Parallel Interfaces
A Unified Testbench Architecture Solution for Verifying Variants of A PLL IP
An Easy VE/DUV Integration Approach
Application Abstraction Layer: The Carpool Lane on the SoC Verification Freeway
Low Power Verification with LDO
Automatic SOC Test Bench Creation
System to catch Implementation gotchas in the RTL Restructuring process
Unleashing the Full Power of UPF Power States
Calling All Checkers: Collaboratively Utilizing SVA in UVM Based Simulation
Methodology for Separation of Design Concerns Using Conservative RTL Flipflop Inference
JESD204B Deterministic Latency Verification with UVM Constrained Random Approaches
Testing the Testbench
Design Guidelines for Formal Verification
Engineered SystemVerilog Constraints
Practical Considerations for Real Valued Modeling of High Performance Analog Systems
Automated Test Generation to Verify IP Modified for System Level Power Management
Verification with multi-core parallel simulations: Have you found your sweet spot yet?
Automating sequence creation from a microarchitecture specification
Reuse C test and UVM sequence utilizing TLM2, register model and interrupt handler
Improving the UVM Register Model: Adding Product Feature based API for Easier Test Programming
Mixed Signal Verification of UPF based designs A Practical Example
Power Management Verification for SoC ICs
Power State to PST Conversion: Simplifying static analysis and debugging of power aware designs
Advanced Digital-Centric Mixed-Signal Methodology
The Art of Portable and Reusable UVM Shared System Memory Model Verification Methodology Across Multiple Verification Platforms
ACE’ing the Verification of SOCs with Cache Coherent Heterogeneous Multiprocessors Targeted for Optimized Power Consumption
Do You Verify Your Verification Components?
UVM Based Approach To Model Validation For SV-RNM Behavioral Models
Detoxify Your Schedule With A Low-Fat UVM Environment A success story on using self-checking stimulus instead of a scoreboard to reduce development time
Distributed Simulation of UVM Testbench
UVM and SystemC Transactions – An Update
Do You Know What Your Assertions Are up To? A New Approach to Safety Critical Verification
The Process and Proof for Formal Sign-Off –A Live Case Study
A UVM-based Approach for Rapidly Verifying Digital Interrupt Structures
No RTL Yet? No Problem UVM Testing a SystemVerilog Fabric Model
Regressions in the 21st Century – Tools for Global Surveillance
Unique Verification Case Studies of Low Power Mixed Signal Chips
Functional Coverage Collection for Analog Circuits –Enabling Seamless Collaboration between Design and Verification
Practical Considerations for Real Valued Modeling of High Performance Analog Systems
How Far Can You Take UVM Code Generation and Why Would You Want To?
Activity Trend Guided Efficient Approach to Peak Power Estimation Using Emulation
Fault-Effect Analysis on Multiple Abstraction Levels in Hardware Modeling
A Universal DFT Verification Environment: Filling the Gap between Function Simulation and ATE Test
Whose fault is it? Advanced techniques for optimizing ISO 26262 fault analysis
Efficient Bug-Hunting Techniques Using Graph-Based Stimulus Models
SystemVerilog Interface Classes More Useful Than You Thought
UPF Generic References: Unleashing the Full Potential
Specification Driven Analog and Mixed-Signal Verification
Modeling Analog Systems Using Full Digital Simulations (A State Space Approach)
Lets disCOVER Power States
Adapting the UVM Register Abstraction Layer for Burst Access
Trends in Functional Verification: A 2016 Industry Study
Practical Schemes to Enhance Vertical, Horizontal and Platform Reusability of Verification Components in AMBA Based SoC Design
Making Legacy Portable with the Portable Stimulus Specification
UVM Interactive Debug Library: Shortening the Debug Turnaround Time
Accelerating CDC Verification Closure on Gate-Level Designs
Ironic But Effective: How Formal Analysis Can Perfect Your Simulation Constraints
PA-APIs: Looking beyond power intent specification formats
The UPF 2.1 Library Commands: Truly Unifying the Power Specification Formats
Comprehensive and Automated Static Tool Based Strategies for the Detection and Resolution of Reset Domain Crossings
Tackling Register Aliasing Verification Challenges in Complex ASIC Design
Debug Challenges in Low-Power Design and Verification
YAMM Yet Another Memory Manager
Meta Design Framework
One Stop Solution of DFT Register Modelling in UVM
Connecting UVM with Mixed-Signal Design
GIT for Hardware Designers
Coverage Data Exchange is no robbery…or is it?
Easy uvm_config_db use: A simplified and reusable uvm_config_db methodology for environment developers and test writers
Real Number Modeling for RF Circuits
Machine Learning based PVT Space Coverage and Worst Case Exploration In Analog and Mixed-Signal Design Verification
Wrapping Verilog Bus Functional Model (BFM) and RTL as Drivers in Customized UVM VIP Using Abstract Classes
Formal Proof for GPU Resource Management
Taming a Complex UVM Environment
Using Formal Applications to Create Pristine IPs
Making Formal Property Verification Mainstream: An Intel® Graphics Experience
Designing Portable UVM Test Benches for Reusable IPs
Want a Boost in your Regression Throughput? Simulate common setup phase only once.
Successive Refinement: A Methodology for Incremental Specification of Power Intent
Accelerated simulation through design partition and HDL to C++ compilation
NOT JUST FOR HARDWARE DEBUG: PROTOTYPE DEBUGGERS FOR SYSTEM VALIDATION AND OPTIMIZATION
Dynamic Regression Suite Generation Using Coverage-Based Clustering
Optimizing Random Test Constraints Using Machine Learning Algorithms
Statically Dynamic or Dynamically Static? Exploring the power of classes and enumerations in SystemVerilog Assertions for reusability and scalability
Jump-Start Software-Driven Hardware Verification with a Verification Framework
Is The Simulator Behavior Wrong With My SystemVerilog Code
Design and Verification of a Multichip Coherence Protocol
Closing Functional and Structural Coverage on RTL Generated by High-Level Synthesis
Matrix Math package for VHDL
Doing Funny Stuff with the UVM Register Layer: Experiences Using Front Door Sequences, Predictors, and Callbacks
Verification Environment Automation from RTL
Modeling a Hierarchical Register Scheme with UVM
Flexible Indirect Registers with UVM
Random Directed Low Power Coverage Methodology:(A Smart Approach to Power Aware Verification Closure)
Efficient Standard Co-Emulation Modeling Interface (SCE-MI) Usage to Accelerate TBA Performance
DPI Redux. Functionality. Speed. Optimization.
A Simplified Approach Using UVM Sequence Items for Layering Protocol Verification
Error Injection: When Good Input Goes Bad
Innovative Techniques to Solve Complex RDC Challenges
Scalable Reset Domain Crossing Verification Using Hierarchical Data Model
A SystemVerilog Framework for Efficient Randomization of Images with Complex Inter-Pixel Dependencies
Eradicating X-bugs and Achieving Higher Design Quality Using Static X-propagation Sign-off
Using Static RTL Analysis to Accelerate Satellite FPGA Verification
THE VERIFICATION COCKPIT – A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR YOUR VERIFICATION DATA
SystemRDL to PSS BASIC TO PRO
Second Generation Completeness Analysis of Formal Assertions on Compatibility of RISC-V Cores
Formal Verification by The Book: Error Detection and Correction Codes
Novel Approaches for C vs. RTL Formal Verification of Vertex Attribute Address Generator Unit
A Systematic Formal Reuse Methodology: From Blocks to SoC Systems
Mind the Gap(s): Creating & Closing Gaps Between Design and Verification
Hardware Acceleration for UVM Based CLTs
UVM Layering for Protocol Modeling Using State Pattern
A single generated UVM Register Model to handle multiple DUT configurations
Single Source Register Sequencing Toolkit and Methodology for FW and Verification Co-Development
Interface Centric UVM Acceleration for Rapid SOC Verification
The Exascale Debug Challenge: Time to advance your emulation debug game
May the powers be with you! – Unleashing powerful new features in UPF IEEE 1801
Low-Power Verification at Gate Level for Zen Microprocessor Core
UPF 1.0, UPF 2.0, UPF 2.1, UPF 3.0, and now UPF 3.1: The big Q “Which is the Right Standard for My Design”?
It Should Just Work! Tips and Tricks for Creating Flexible, Vendor Agnostic Analog Behavioral Models
What Your Software Team Would Like the RTL Team to Know.
A Dynamic Approach Towards Register Coverage Generation and Collection to Reduce Compilation Overhead of Traditional UVM Register Layers
Multithreading a UVM Testbench for Faster Simulation
UVM – Stop Hitting Your Brother Coding Guidelines
Automated Generation of RAL-based UVM Sequences
Machine Learning-Guided Stimulus Generation for Functional Verification
Dealing with Programmable IP: Where the Rubber Meets the PSS Deployment Road
Designing PSS Environment Integration for Maximum Reuse
ISO 26262 Dependent Failure Analysis Using PSS
IP Security Assurance Workshop: Introduction
Finding the Last Bug in a CNN DMA Unit
Formal Verification of Macro-op Cache for Arm Cortex-A77, and its Successor CPU
The Importance of Complete Signoff Methodology for Formal Verification
Efficient Methods for Display Power Estimation & Visualization
Integration of HDL Logic inside SystemVerilog UVM based Verification IP
“Shift left” Hierarchical Low-Power Static Verification Using SAM
Multimedia IP DMA verification platform
RegAnalyzer – A tool for programming analysis and debug for verification and validation
IDeALS For All – Intelligent Detection and Accurate Localization of Stalls
Power Aware CDC Analysis at Top Level Using SOC Abstract Flow
A novel approach to create multiple domain based DV architecture to address typical Verification challenges, for the DUT with mutual exclusive functionalities, using UVM Domains
Mixed-Signal Verification Methodology to Verify USB Type-C
System Level Fault Injection Simulation Using Simulink
Using Portable Stimulus to Verify an LTE Base-Station Switch
Assertion-based Verification for Analog andMixed Signal Designs
A Dyadic Transformation Based Methodology To Achieve Coverage Driven Verification Goal
Solving Next Generation IP Configurability
Leveraging Formal to Verify SoC Register Map
Multi-Language Verification: Solutions for Real World Problems
Leveraging IP-XACT Standardized IP Interfaces for Rapid IP Integration
Reusing UVM Test Benches in a Cycle Simulator
An Assertion Based Approach to Implement VHDL Functional Coverage
A Guide To Using Continuous Integration Within The Verification Environment
Applying Test-Driven Development Methods to Design Verification Software
UVM/SystemVerilog based infrastructure and testbench automation using scripts
CONSTRAINING THE REAL PROBLEM OF FLOATING POINT NUMBER DISTRIBUTION
CONSTRAINING THE REAL PROBLEM OF FLOATING POINT NUMBER DISTRIBUTION
Complementing EDA with Meta-Modelling and Code Generation
Environment for efficient and reusable SystemC module level verification
Wiretap your SoC: Why scattering Verification IPs throughout your design is a smart thing to do
Tackling the challenge of simulating multi-rail macros in a power-aware flow
Power estimation – what to expect what not to expect
An Expert System Based Tool for Pre-design Chip Power Estimation
Efficient SoC Level Mixed Signal Frontend Verification using Wreal Models
Digitizing Mixed Signal Verification: Digital Verification Techniques Applied to Mixed Signal and Analog Blocks on the LMA Project
Automated Comparison of Analog Behavior in a UVM Environment
Advanced Functional Verification Methodology Using UVM For Complex DSP Algorithms In Mixed Signal RF SoCs
SystemVerilog, Batteries Included: A Programmer’s Utility Library for SystemVerilog
Determining Test Quality through Dynamic Runtime Monitoring of SystemVerilog Assertions
Tried and Tested Speedups for SW-driven SoC Simulation
Practical Approach Using a Formal App to Detect X-Optimism-Related RTL Bugs
Sign-off with Bounded Formal Verification Proofs
Using SystemVerilog Interfaces and Structs for RTL Design
Equivalence Validation of Analog Behavioral Models
Equivalence Validation of Analog Behavioral Models
Architectural Evaluation Of a Programmable Accelerator For Baseband, Phy and Video Applications Using High Level Synthesis
Is your Power Aware design really x-aware?
Complementing EDA with Meta-Modelling & Code Generation
Are you really confident that you are getting the very best from your verification resources?
Bringing Regression Systems into the 21st Century
UVM SchmooVM! – I Want My C Tests!
Applying Transaction-level Debug and Analysis Techniques to DUT Simulated Activity Using Data-Mining Techniques
Novel Verification Techniques for ARM A15 Multi-core Subsystem Using IEEE 1647
Using Test-IP Based Verification Techniques in a UVM Environment
Tackling Random Blind Spots with Strategy-Driven Generation
C through UVM: Effectively using C based models with UVM based Verification IP
One Compile to Rule them All: An elegant solution for OVM/UVM Testbench Topologies
Extendable Messaging Techniques for Debugging and Analyzing UVM Testbench Structure and Transaction Flow
Guaranteed Vertical Reuse – C Execution In A UVM Environment
Power Aware Verification Strategy for SoCs
A Systematic Approach to Power State Table (PST) Debugging
Beyond UVM: Creating Truly Reusable Protocol Layering
The Finer Points of UVM: Tasting Tips for the Connoisseur
A Tale of Two Languages: SystemVerilog & SystemC
fsim_logic – A VHDL type for testing of FLYTRAP
Weathering the Verification Storm: Methodology Enhancements used on a Next Generation Weather Satellite CDH Program
Bringing Constrained Random into SoC SW-driven Verification
Lessons from the field IP/SoC integration techniques that work
Using Advanced OOP Concepts To Integrate Templatized Algorithms for Standard Protocols With UVM
Who’s Watching the Watchmen? The Time has Come to Objectively Measure the Quality of Your Verification
Using UVM: The Condensed Guide For Designers, Debuggers, Test-Writers And Other Skeptics
Using Formal Verification to Exhaustively Verify SoC Assemblies
How to Kill 4 Birds with 1 Stone: Using Formal Verification to Validate Legal Configurations, Find Design Bugs, and Improve Testbench and Software Specifications
How to Succeed Against Increasing Pressure: Automated Techniques for Unburdening Verification Engineers
Memory Subsystem Verification – Can it be taken for granted?
Overcoming AXI Asynchronous Bridge Verification Challenges with AXI Assertion-Based Verification IP (ABVIP) and Formal Datapath Scoreboards
Systematic Application of UCIS to Improve the Automation on Verification Closure
Unconstrained UVM SystemVerilog Performance
Run-Time Configuration of a Verification Environment: A Novel Use of the OVM/UVM Analysis Pattern
A SMART GENERATION OF DESIGN ATTRIBUTES FOR VERIFICATION CLOSURE USING SPECMAN
Verifying functionality is simply not enough
An Approach for Faster Compilation of Complex Verification Environment: The USB3.0 Experience
The Need for Speed: Understanding design factors that make multi-core parallel simulations efficient
Switch the Gears of the UVM Register Package to cruise through the street named “Register Verification”.
Real Number Modeling Enables Fast, Accurate Functional Verification
Using Formal Techniques to Verify SoC Reset Schemes
UVM: Conquering Legacy
Soft Constraints in SV: Semantics and Challenges
Autocuration: An Implementation of a Continuous Integration System Employed in the Development of AMD’s Next-generation Microprocessor Core
A Practical Approach to Measuring and Improving the Functional Verification of Embedded Software
Supplementing Simulation of a Microcontroller Flash Memory Subsystem with Formal Verification
Exquisite Modeling of VIP
Conscious of Streams Managing Parallel Stimulus
There’s something wrong between Sally Sequencer and Dirk Driver (Why UVM sequencers and drivers need some relationship counseling)
e/eRM to SystemVerilog/UVM: Mind the Gap, But Don’t Miss the Train
Experiences in Migrating a Chip-Level Verification Environment from UVM-EA to UVM-1.x
Melting Verification Pot: Integrating RVM/VMM and UVM, a Practical Guide and Lessons Learned.
Graph-IC Verification
Systematically Achieving CDC Verification Closure based on Coverage Models and Coverage Metrics
BRINGING CONTINUOUS DOMAIN INTO SYSTEMVERILOG COVERGROUPS
Relieving the Parameterized Coverage Headache
A 30 Minute Project Makeover Using Continuous Integration
Memory Debugging of Virtual Platforms
Failure Triage: The Neglected Debugging Problem
Experience with OVM-Based Mixed-Signal Verification of the Impedance Calibration Block for a DDR Interface
Analog Transaction Level Modeling for Verification of Mixed-Signal-Blocks
From Spec to Verification Closure: A case study of applying UVM-MS for first pass success to a complex MS-SoC design
Shaping Formal Traces without Constraints: A Case Study in Closing Code Coverage on a Crypto Engine using Formal Verification
Exhaustive Latch Flow – Through Verification with Formal Methods
Keeping Up with Chip — the Proposed SystemVerilog 2012 Standard Makes Verifying Ever-increasing Design Complexity More Efficient
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Benchmarking Functional Verification!
Yikes! Why is my SystemVerilog Testbench So Slooooow?
Hardware/Software Co-Verification Using Specman and SystemC with TLM Ports
A SystemC Library for Advanced Verification – Towards an Enhanced OVM/UVM for SystemC
Register This! Experiences Applying UVM Registers
OVM & UVM Techniques for On-the-fly Reset
Easier SystemVerilog with UVM: Taming the Beast
The Case for Low-Power Simulation-to-Implementation Equivalence Checking
Holistic Automated Code Generation: No Headache with Last-Minute Changes
Better Living Through Better Class-Based SystemVerilog Debug
System Verilog Assertion Linting: Closing Potentially Critical Verification Holes
Configuring Your Resources the UVM Way!
ACE’ing the Verification of a Coherent System Using UVM
Fabric Verification
X-propagation Woes: Masking Bugs at RTL and Unnecessary Debug at the Netlist
Designing, Verifying and Building an Advanced L2 Cache Subsystem using SystemC
Is Power State Table (PST) Golden?
Low Power SoC Verification: IP Reuse and Hierarchical Composition using UPF
Holistic Automated Code Generation: No Headache with Last-Minute Changes
Better Living Through Better Class-Based SystemVerilog Debug
Soft Constraints in SystemVerilog Semantics and Challenges
SystemVerilog Assertion Linting: Closing Potentially Critical Verification Holes
Autocuration: An Implementation of a Continuous Integration System Employed in the Development of AMD’s Next-generation Microprocessor Core
A Practical Approach to Measuring and Improving the Functional Verification of Embedded Software
Supplementing Simulation of a Microcontroller Flash Memory Subsystem with Formal Veri cation
Exquisite modeling of verification IP: Challenges and Recommendations
Configuring Your Resources the UVM Way!
Conscious of Streams: Managing Parallel Stimulus
ACE’ing the Verification of a Coherent System Using UVM
There’s something wrong between Sally Sequencer and Dirk Driver – why UVM sequencers and drivers need some relationship counselling
Addressing HW/SW Interface Quality through Standards
e/eRM to SystemVerilog/UVM: Mind the Gap, But Don’t Miss the Train
Experiences in Migrating a Chip-Level Verification Environment from UVM EA to UVM 1.1
Melting Verification Pot: Integrating RVM/VMM and UVM, a Practical Guide and Lessons Learned.
Graph-IC Verification
Systematically Achieving CDC Verification Closure based on Coverage Models and Coverage Metrics
BRINGING CONTINUOUS DOMAIN INTO SYSTEMVERILOG COVERGROUPS
Relieving the Parameterized Coverage Headache
A 30 Minute Project Makeover Using Continuous Integration
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