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The Advanced OVM course's goal is to improve your understanding of OVM so you can move beyond basic block-level testbenches. Building on the concepts discussed in the Basic OVM module, you will learn how to assemble multi-level environments with layered stimulus sequences to handle more complex verification challenges.

This course is primarily aimed at existing OVM engineers or managers who recognize that they need to take the next step in function verification and assumes a working knowledge of constrained-random verification and object-oriented programming.

You are encouraged to first view Evolving Verification Capabilities by Harry Foster that provides the framework for all of the Academy courses, then the recommended prerequisite, Basic OVM.

Tom Fitzpatrick

UVM - Universal Verification Methodology

Walk Run

Sessions

Understanding TLM

This session introduces transaction-level modeling (TLM), and discussing some techniques for creating scoreboards.

Understanding the Factory

This session discusses the OVM factory, which provides a means to modify the behavior of your testbench at runtime.

The Care and Feeding of Sequences

This session discusses the creation and management OVM sequences, which enable you to build reusable stimulus generators.

Layering Sequences

This session shows how to create reusable hierarchical sequences that manage the execution of other sequences to simplify your test.

Writing and Managing Tests

This session shows you how to construct a library of tests to target specific elements of your verification plan with minimal coding.

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