Many claim the new Portable Test and Stimulus Standard. (PSS) from Accellera will ignite the next revolution in SoC and Electronic System functional verification. Revolutionary innovation seeks to adapt the world to new and better ideas; yet it can be disruptive, expensive and produce unpredicted outcomes[1]. On the surface PSS seems the same. It brings a new methodology in defining test benches that has great promise in productivity and verification quality, but will require the adoption of new tools, a re-education of verification engineers and a retooling of verification infrastructure – all potentially costly endeavors. What if there was a way to adopt this revolutionary innovation incrementally? Leveraging existing verification infrastructure, including existing UVM/SV test benches and verification IP; enabling the benefits of PSS incrementally as the workforce gets up to speed. Come hear how Reuse can be the Evolution that enables the PSS Revolution.
