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 ...
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 ...
Business Insider

Accellera Board Approves Universal Verification Methodology for Mixed-Signal (UVM-MS) 1.0 Standard for Release

ELK GROVE, Calif., Feb. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Accellera Systems Initiative (Accellera), the electronics industry organization focused on the creation and adoption of electronic design ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Updated UVM Cookbook Supports IEEE 1800.2 Standard And Emulation

I’m happy to announce that we at Mentor have just released a fully-updated version of our popular UVM Cookbook, which is available online here. Cookbook Overview Diagram The Universal Verification ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Extending The Benefits Of UVM To Include AMS: An Update On Accellera’s UVM-AMS Standard Development

SoC teams can be divided up into design and verification groups. For digital designs, the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), initially developed by Accellera and now standardized as IEEE 1800.2 ...
EDN

Getting in sync with UVM sequences

The SystemVerilog universal verification methodology (UVM) is an efficient way to generate tests and check results for functional verification, best used for block level IC or FPGA or other “smaller” ...
EDN

Inside Portable Stimulus: UVM Integration

Integrating Portable Stimulus Standard (PSS) capabilities with the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) is not the same as an integration between two languages. In our previous column, Aileen ...
Semiconductor Engineering

A Novel Approach For Hardware-Software Co-Verification

The complexity of system on chips (SoCs) continues to grow rapidly. Accordingly, new standards and methodologies are introduced to overcome these verification challenges. The Portable Test and ...