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Improving Your SystemVerilog Language and UVM Methodology Skills

If you are building complex testbenches with SystemVerilog and UVM, this series is for you. The series dives into many aspects of these two areas, to give you deeper insight about how to apply the language and methodology on your projects. Whether you are new to SystemVerilog and UVM, or have been writing code for many years, take a fresh look at the fundamentals and learn some new ideas and approaches.

  • SystemVerilog

Chris Spear

Last Updated Oct 2021
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  • Improving Your SystemVerilog Language and UVM Methodology Skills
  • 1. UVM Coding Guidelines: Tips & Tricks You Probably Didn’t Know
  • 2. Taking SystemVerilog Arrays to the Next Dimension
  • 3. Get Your Bits Together: SystemVerilog Structures and Packages
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    • UVM Coding Guidelines: Tips & Tricks You Probably Didn’t Know

      In this session, you will learn how to create testbench transactions and component classes that are easily debugged and reused. Additional rules are shown for SystemVerilog code to prevent common bugs.

      Track Apr 10, 2020 by Chris Spear

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    • Taking SystemVerilog Arrays to the Next Dimension

      In this session, you will learn the various array types in the SystemVerilog language, and how to pick the right ones for your testbench. As a result, your testbench code will be easier to understand and reuse, run faster, and consume less memory.

      Track Jun 05, 2020 by Chris Spear

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    • Get Your Bits Together: SystemVerilog Structures and Packages

      In this session, you will learn best practices for structures and packages in the SystemVerilog language and how you can combine related definitions for data types, parameters, classes, and more into a package that is easily shared and reused.

      Track Jul 14, 2020 by Chris Spear

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    • Stimulating Simulating: UVM Transactions

      In this session, you will learn how to create classes for UVM transactions, also known as sequence items. You will also be shown how to add new functionality to a transaction, by extending the class and much more.

      Track Aug 26, 2020 by Chris Spear

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    • Stimulating Simulating 2: UVM Sequences

      In this session, you will learn more about UVM Sequences; creating classes, transactions flow and virtual sequences. In addition, Chris will share best practices with UVM sequence classes.

      Track Oct 08, 2020 by Chris Spear

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  • Overview

    Chris Spear, legendary author of “SystemVerilog for Verification,” UVM guru, and Principal Instructor from the Siemens Learning Center shares his 25 years of wisdom and desire to evolve those verification methodology skills that all design & verification engineers should have in their coding toolbox. If you are building complex testbenches with SystemVerilog and UVM, this series is for you.

    This track dives into many aspects of these two areas, to give you deeper insight about how to apply the language and methodology on your projects. Whether you are new to SystemVerilog and UVM, or have been writing code for many years, take a fresh look at the fundamentals and learn some new ideas and approaches.

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