Design-Reuse

System Verilog + OVM: Mitigating Verification Challenges & Maximizing Reusability

Verification – has been becoming a nightmare for engineers with the increasing requirements and complexity of the design. Mitigating the complexity of a verification environment with the increasing ...
TechRepublic

Verification of Asynchronous FIFO Using System Verilog

FIFO (First In First Out) is a buffer that stores data in a way that data stored first comes out of the buffer first. Asynchronous FIFO is most widely used in the System-on-Chip (SoC) designs for data ...
EDN

Mixed-mode verification of DDR, LCD, and memory sub-systems: Verilog-AMS vs. SPICE

Editor's note: This paper is the third in a series covering the pros and cons of using a Verilog-AMS view with respect to a SPICE view for verification of SOC IP having an analog component. The first ...
EDN

Comparing Verilog-AMS vs. SPICE view usage for robust AMS Verification of Power Management Controller and Mode Transition

The SOCs produced today provide a high level of functionality, driving a wide range of applications, while becoming more and more cost effective. This means that the complexity of the SOC too is ...
Electronic Design

Verilog Simulator Adds Full-Featured Coverage Analysis And A C/C++ Interface

The latest VCS Verilog simulator from Synopsys contains built-in comprehensive coverage analysis. With it, design teams using VCS 6.0.1 can determine their verification quality before tapeout.
Electronic Design

Consolidation Looms In Verification

The year 2003 will see design teams shift from IC implementation to functional verification. The actual kickoff for this switch was at DAC 2002 in New Orleans, where Synopsys introduced an intelligent ...