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The Verification Academy Solutions section delivers focused insights into key market segments and verification products that address today’s emerging challenges. Explore how advanced technologies and methodologies—spanning functional verification, safety, security, and more—are applied to solve real-world design problems. This curated content brings together best practices, expert perspectives, and proven tools to accelerate verification success.
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Coverage Closure Acceleration Using Collaborative Verification IQ Tool

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Explore How to Protect Against Data Corruption with Formal Security Verification

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Functional Verification Workflow for Trusted and Assured Microelectronics

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Improving FPGA Safety and Security Compliance: FPGA Equivalence Checking from RTL to the Bitstream

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Enhancing Defect Coverage in DFT

Safety Analysis for Automotive Chips Based on ISO 26262

An End-to-End Functional Safety Solution for Automotive ICs Based on ISO 26262

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Resolve Metastability: Improve Your Clock Domain Crossing Verification with Questa CDC

Don’t Miss CDC Bugs in Low Power Designs!: Formal Meets Power Aware CDC

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Simulating CDC Reconvergence: Validating Robustness with Questa One Sim's Metastability Injection

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Shift-Left Compute Subsystem RTL Sign-Off with Software Aware VIP

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Questa Verification IQ: Boost Verification Predictability and Efficiency with Big Data

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Solving the Semiconductor Verification Crisis: From Problem to Productivity

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February 2022

Guidelines to a Successful ISO 26262 Lifecycle
Functional Safety Feb 04, 2022 Jacob Wiltgen link

December 2021

Achieving High Defect Coverage for Safety Critical and High Reliability Designs
Functional Safety Dec 07, 2021 Lee Harrison Webinar

August 2021

Deploying Formal in a DO-254 Program
Functional Safety Aug 02, 2021 Jake Wiltgen link

July 2021

Digital Functional Verification for Safety-Critical Automotive Applications
Functional Safety Jul 29, 2021 Michael Bierl - Siemens Eda Webinar
AMS Functional Verification for Safety-Critical Automotive Applications
Functional Safety Jul 29, 2021 Sumit Vishwakarma Webinar
Are Random Hardware Faults Common?
Functional Safety Jul 29, 2021 Dirk Hansen - Siemens Eda Webinar
It’s Not My Fault! How to Run a Better Fault Campaign Using Formal
Functional Safety Jul 21, 2021 Doug Smith pdf
Formal Verification for DO-254 (and other Safety-Critical) Designs
Functional Safety Jul 01, 2021 Mark Eslinger pdf
Formal Verification for DO-254 (and other Safety-Critical) Designs
Functional Safety Jul 01, 2021 David Landoll Paper
Understanding Formal Methods for Use in DO-254 Programs
Functional Safety Jul 01, 2021 Harry Foster Paper
Understanding Formal Methods for Use in DO-254 Programs
Functional Safety Jul 01, 2021 Harry Foster pdf

February 2021

Conclusion: Deeper Dive into Non-Trivial Bug Escapes
Planning, Measurement and Analysis Feb 10, 2021 Harry Foster link

December 2020

Part 7: IC/ASIC Design Trends
Planning, Measurement and Analysis Dec 22, 2020 Harry Foster link

November 2020

Part 1: FPGA Design Trends
Planning, Measurement and Analysis Nov 05, 2020 Harry Foster link

October 2020

FPGA Functional Verification Trend Report - 2020
Planning, Measurement and Analysis Oct 13, 2020 Harry Foster Paper
FPGA Functional Verification Trend Report - 2020
FPGA Verification Oct 13, 2020 Harry Foster pdf

September 2020

ISO 26262 Bottoms-Up Safety Analysis
Functional Safety Sep 29, 2020 Jacob Wiltgen pdf
ISO 26262: Bottoms-Up Safety Analysis
Functional Safety Sep 29, 2020 Jake Wiltgen Session

April 2020

ISO 26262: Requirements Management
Functional Safety Apr 21, 2020 Jake Wiltgen Session
ISO 26262: Simple Terms
Functional Safety Apr 21, 2020 Jake Wiltgen Session
ISO 26262 in Simple Terms
Functional Safety Apr 21, 2020 Jacob Wiltgen pdf
ISO 26262 Requirements Management
Functional Safety Apr 21, 2020 Jacob Wiltgen pdf
Introduction to ISO 26262
Functional Safety Apr 20, 2020 Jake Wiltgen Track

March 2019

Conclusion: Deeper Dive into Non-Trivial Bug Escapes and Safety Critical Designs
Planning, Measurement and Analysis Mar 19, 2019 Harry Foster link

February 2019

Formal Techniques for Optimizing ISO 26262 Fault Analysis
Functional Safety Feb 28, 2019 Doug Smith pdf

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