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    • Formal-Based Techniques
    • FPGA Verification
    • Planning, Measurement, and Analysis
    • Portable Test and Stimulus
    • Simulation-Based Techniques
    • UVM - Universal Verification Methodology
    • Verification IP

    Acceleration

    Acceleration are techniques that are used to address performance shortcomings of traditional simulation. For example, the design model (i.e., DUT) can be mapped into a hardware accelerator and run much faster during verification, while the testbench continues to run in simulation on a workstation. In this section of the Verification Academy, we focus on building verification acceleration skills.

    Courses

    • SystemVerilog Testbench Acceleration
    • Testbench Co-Emulation: SystemC & TLM-2.0

    Related Resources

    • Horizon Articles
    • Technical Papers
    • Web Seminars
    • Success Stories

    Coverage

    Coverage is a simulation metric we use to measure verification progress and completeness.

    Courses

    • Formal Coverage
    • Portable Stimulus Basics
    • Metrics in SoC Verification
    • Evolving FPGA Verification Capabilities
    • Assertion-Based Verification

    Related Resources

    • Advanced Verification Management and Coverage Closure Techniques
    • Coverage Cookbook
    • Coverage Cookbook - Japanese
    • Coverage Forum
    • Verification Horizons
    • Seminars
    • Portable Stimulus Seminar
    • Effectively Modeling & Analyzing Coverage
    • iTBA & Coverage Closure

    Design & Verification Languages

    Verification languages are the foundation of the very dynamic electronics industry. Industry continually demands improvements in the process of providing differentiated products into their markets. These verification language courses provide in-depth knowledge of key design and verification languages so that you can identify and deploy them in your upcoming projects.

    Courses

    • SystemVerilog OOP for UVM Verification
    • VHDL-2008 Why It Matters
    • AMS Design Configuration Schemes
    • Improve AMS Verification Performance
    • Improve AMS Verification Quality
    • An Introduction to Unit Testing with SVUnit

    Related Resources

    • Verification Horizons

    Formal-Based Techniques

    This topic area focuses on formal-based techniques, ranging from formal property checking to clock-domain crossing (CDC) verification. Assertion-based verification (as it relates to formal property checking) is also covered in this topic area.

    Courses

    • Handling Inconclusive Assertions in Formal Verification
    • Formal Coverage
    • Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking
    • Power Aware CDC Verification
    • Getting Started with Formal-Based Technology
    • Formal-Based Technology: Automatic Formal Solutions
    • Formal Assertion-Based Verification
    • Clock-Domain Crossing Verification

    Related Resources

    • Advanced Verification Management and Coverage Closure Techniques
    • Verification Horizons
    • Web Seminars
    • What Is CDC Protocol Verification, Prevent Bugs in Your Silicon
    • Interactive Formal Debug and Design Exploration
    • New School Coverage Closure
    • New School Connectivity Checking
    • Formal Verification Tips for Success Seminar
    • Seminars
    • Formal Verification: Automation and Tips for Success
    • Advanced Verification Technologies
    • Design & Verification in SoC Era
    • Success Story
    • Cypress Adopts Questa Formal Apps to Create Pristine IP
    • How Microsemi Uses Questa Formal Connectivity Check to Improve Quality and Productivity

    FPGA Verification

    The definition of what FPGA really means has changed dramatically over the last two decades. Whether blazing the trail or being on the trailing edge of Moore’s Law, this is an exciting time to be an FPGA Designer. New opportunities bring new challenges for the FPGA market. As devices grow and become more complex resembling complete systems, the task of verifying such a system becomes daunting. In this section you will find timely, unbiased information from subject-matter experts that will help you navigate through this ever-changing landscape.

    Courses

    • Introduction to the UVM
    • Assertion-Based Verification
    • Evolving FPGA Verification Capabilities
    • VHDL-2008 Why It Matters

    Related Resources

    • Verification Horizons
    • Featured Web Seminar
    • Staying Competitive by Evolving Your FPGA Verification Methodologies
    • Featured Session
    • Coverage & Plan-Driven Verification for FPGAs

    Planning, Measurement, and Analysis

    This topic area focuses on the early stages of a verification project. Topics include considerations for analyzing and evolving your verification capabilities, verification planning, and the introduction of metrics into a flow to measure success.

    Courses

    • Evolving Verification Capabilities
    • Metrics in SoC Verification
    • Verification Planning and Management

    Related Resources

    • Verification Horizons
    • Jenkins and Questa® VRM Plug-in
    • Featured Article
    • Increased Efficiency with Questa® VRM and Jenkins Continuous Integration
    • Featured ISO 26262 Articles
    • Getting ISO 26262 Faults Straight
    • ISO 26262 Fault Analysis – Worst Case is Really the Worst
    • Seminars
    • Coverage & Plan-Driven Verification for FPGAs
    • Advanced Verification Technologies
    • Design & Verification in SoC Era

    Portable Test and Stimulus

    Portable Stimulus Standard (PSS) can automate the process to maximize coverage and ensure the most efficient execution of a wide range of tests on multiple platforms.

    Courses

    • Portable Stimulus Basics
    • Featured Seminar
    • Portable Stimulus Seminar

    Related Resources

    • Automating Reusable, Retargetable Scenario-Level Tests with Portable Stimulus
    • Featured Technical Paper
    • Making Legacy Portable with the Portable Stimulus Specification
    • Featured Horizons Articles
    • Separating Test Intent from Design Details with Portable Stimulus
    • Smoothing the Path to Software-Driven Verification with Portable Stimulus
    • Portable Stimulus Modeling in a High-Level Synthesis User's Verification Flow
    • Automating Tests with Portable Stimulus from IP to SoC Level

    Simulation-Based Techniques

    This topic area focuses on simulation-based techniques, ranging from stimulus generation, coverage modeling, and correctness checking. Building a contemporary testbench using UVM is also covered in this topic area.

    Courses

    • Assertion-Based Verification
    • Evolving FPGA Verification Capabilities
    • UVM Debug
    • An Introduction to Unit Testing with SVUnit
    • Portable Stimulus Basics
    • Power Aware Verification

    Related Resources

    • Verification Horizons
    • Seminars
    • ABV for FPGA & IC Design
    • Advanced Verification Technologies
    • Design & Verification in SoC Era
    • On-Demand Seminars
    • SoC Verification with the Questa® Flow
    • Automating Reusable, Retargetable Scenario-Level Tests with Portable Stimulus

    UVM - Universal Verification Methodology

    Welcome to the most complete UVM Online resource collection.

    Here you'll find everything you need to get up to speed on the UVM and latest additions; UVM Framework, UVM Express and UVM Connect. Whether it's downloading the kit(s), discussion forums or online or in-person training. The UVM Academy Courses provide a great overview of the introductory and advanced methodology concepts, including videos that walk you through some useful code examples.

    Courses

    • UVM Debug
    • Introduction to the UVM
    • Basic UVM
    • Advanced UVM
    • SystemVerilog OOP for UVM Verification
    • UVM Connect
    • UVM Rapid Adoption
    • A Practical Subset of UVM - Paper
    • A Practical Subset of UVM - Session
    • Featured Course
    • UVM Framework – One Bite at a Time

    Related Resources

    • Verification Horizons
    • UVM Cookbook
    • UVM Framework
    • UVM Connect
    • Verification Forums
    • OVM
    • Basic OVM
    • Advanced OVM
    • Seminars
    • UVM Forum
    • On-Demand Web Seminars
    • Advanced Verification Technologies

    Verification IP

    Verification IP improves quality and reduces schedule times by building their protocol and methodology expertise into a library of reusable components that support many industry standard interfaces.

    Recommended Videos

    • Questa® Verification IP Configurator Demo
    • Questa® Verification IP AMBA
    • Questa® Verification IP PCIe

    Related Resources

    • Seminar Recordings
    • Verification Protocols
    • Verification Horizons
    • Technical Papers
    • Verification IP News
    • Featured Event
    • Silicon Valley Design and Verification IP Forum
  • Courses
    • All Courses →
    • Advanced OVM
    • Advanced UVM
    • AMS Design Configuration Schemes
    • An Introduction to Unit Testing with SVUnit
    • Assertion-Based Verification
    • Basic OVM
    • Basic UVM
    • Clock-Domain Crossing Verification
    • Evolving FPGA Verification Capabilities
    • Evolving Verification Capabilities
    • Formal Assertion-Based Verification
    • Formal-Based Technology: Automatic Formal Solutions
    • Formal Coverage
    • Getting Started with Formal-Based Technology
    • Handling Inconclusive Assertions in Formal Verification
    • Improve AMS Verification Performance
    • Improve AMS Verification Quality
    • Introduction to UVM
    • Metrics in SoC Verification
    • Portable Stimulus Basics
    • Power Aware CDC Verification
    • Power Aware Verification
    • Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking
    • SystemVerilog OOP for UVM Verification
    • SystemVerilog Testbench Acceleration
    • Testbench Co-Emulation: SystemC & TLM-2.0
    • UVM Connect
    • UVM Debug
    • UVMF - One Bite at a Time
    • Verification Planning and Management
    • VHDL-2008 Why It Matters

    Advanced OVM

    The Advanced OVM course's goal is to improve your understanding of OVM so you can move beyond basic block-level testbenches.

    Sessions

    • Understanding TLM
    • Understanding the Factory
    • Care & Feeding of Sequences
    • Layering Sequences
    • Writing & Managing Tests

    OVM Cookbook Articles

    • Connect Sequencer
    • Analysis Port
    • Factory
    • Using Factory Overrides
    • Sequences
    • Sequences Layering
    • Testbench Blocklevel
    • Testbench Integration Level
    • OVM Downloads
    • OVM 2.1.2 Kit
    • OVM Code Examples
    • OVM Documentation
    • OVM 2.1.2

    Advanced UVM

    Advanced UVM builds upon the concepts covered in the Basic UVM course to take your UVM understanding to the next level.

    Sessions

    • Architecting a UVM Testbench
    • Understanding the Factory & Configuration
    • How TLM Works
    • Modeling Transactions
    • The Proper Care and Feeding of Sequences
    • Layered Sequences
    • Writing and Managing Tests
    • Setting Up the Register Layer
    • Using the Register Layer
    • Register-Based Testing
    • Featured: UVM Rapid Adoption
    • A Practical Subset of UVM - Paper
    • A Practical Subset of UVM - Session
    • Featured Course
    • UVM Framework – One Bite at a Time

    UVM Cookbook Articles

    • Testbench
    • Factory
    • Configuration
    • Connect Sequencer
    • Analysis
    • Sequence Items
    • Transaction Methods
    • Macro Cost Benefit
    • Sequences
    • Sequences Virtual
    • Sequences Layering
    • End of Test
    • Registers
    • Register Model
    • Registers Model Structure
    • UVM Downloads
    • IEEE 1800.2-2017 (UVM)
    • UVM 1.2 Kit
    • UVM 1.1d Kit
    • UVM Code Examples
    • UVM Documentation
    • UVM 1.2
    • UVM 1.1d
    • UVM Seminar
    • UVM Forum

    AMS Design Configuration Schemes

    This course will introduce the various techniques available in AMS design environment to help understand how to efficiently utilize them.

    Sessions

    • Overview to AMS Configuration
    • Analog/Mixed-Signal Domain
    • Design Methodologies
    • Design Topologies
    • Mixing Languages
    • AMS Design Configuration Schemes

    Related Courses

    • Improve AMS Verification Performance
    • Improve AMS Verification Quality

    An Introduction to Unit Testing with SVUnit

    SVUnit is an open-source test framework for ASIC and FPGA developers writing Verilog/SystemVerilog code. SVUnit is automated, fast, lightweight and easy to use making it the only SystemVerilog test framework in existence suited to both design and verification engineers that aspire to high quality code and low bug rates.

    Sessions

    • The Downside of Advanced Verification
    • Introduction to SVUnit
    • Your First Unit Test!
    • Unit Testing UVM Components
    • SVUnit Case Studies & Summary

    Related Courses

    • Assertion-Based Verification
    • Evolving FPGA Verification Capabilities
    • Intelligent Testbench Automation
    • Power Aware Verification
    • VHDL-2008 Why It Matters
    • Related Resources
    • SVUnit | AgileSoC
    • First Time Unit Testing Experience Report with SVUnit
    • Unit Testing Your Way to a Reliable Testbench

    Assertion-Based Verification

    This course introduces a set of steps for advancing an organization’s assertion-based-verification (ABV) skills, infrastructure, and metrics.

    Sessions

    • Introduction to Assertion-Based Verification
    • Maturing Your Organizations ABV Capabilities
    • Introduction to SystemVerilog Assertions
    • Introduction to Open Verification Library (OVL)
    • Assertion Patterns
    • Cookbook Examples
    • ABV and Formal Property Checking
    • Questa® Simulation Demo
    • Questa® Formal Verification Demo

    Related Courses

    • Evolving FPGA Verification
    • VHDL-2008 Why It Matters

    Basic OVM

    Basic OVM is primarily aimed at existing VHDL and Verilog engineers or managers who recognize they have a functional verification problem.

    Sessions

    • Constrained Random Verification Primer
    • Introduction to OVM
    • OVM "Hello World"
    • Connecting Env to DUT
    • Connecting Components
    • Introducing Transactions
    • Sequences and Tests
    • Monitors & Subscribers

    OVM Cookbook Articles

    • Testbench
    • Testbench Build
    • Connections
    • Sequence Items
    • Transaction Methods
    • Sequences
    • End of Test
    • Analysis
    • OVM Downloads
    • OVM 2.1.2 Kit
    • OVM Code Examples
    • OVM Documentation
    • OVM 2.1.2

    Basic UVM

    Basic UVM should raise a user's level of UVM knowledge to the point where users have sufficient confidence in their own technical understanding that it becomes less of a barrier to adoption.

    Sessions

    • Introduction to UVM
    • UVM "Hello World"
    • Connecting Env to DUT
    • Connecting Components
    • Introducing Transactions
    • Sequences and Tests
    • Monitors and Subscribers
    • Reporting
    • Featured: UVM Rapid Adoption
    • A Practical Subset of UVM - Paper
    • A Practical Subset of UVM - Session
    • Featured Course
    • UVM Framework – One Bite at a Time

    UVM Cookbook Articles

    • Testbench
    • Connections
    • Connect Sequencer
    • Sequence Items
    • Transaction Methods
    • End of Test
    • Sequences
    • Analysis
    • Reporting Verbosity
    • UVM Downloads
    • IEEE 1800.2-2017 (UVM)
    • UVM 1.2 Kit
    • UVM 1.1d Kit
    • UVM Code Examples
    • UVM Documentation
    • UVM 1.2
    • UVM 1.1d
    • UVM Seminar
    • UVM Forum

    Clock-Domain Crossing Verification

    This course introduces a set of steps for advancing an organization’s clock-domain crossing (CDC) verification skills, infrastructure, and metrics.

    Sessions

    • Overview & Welcome
    • Introduction to CDC
    • Understanding Metastability
    • Metastability Verification Flow
    • Modeling Metastability
    • Integrating CDC Into A Flow

    Demos

    • Questa Clock-Domain Crossing
    • Questa CDC Verification

    Related Courses

    • Formal Coverage
    • Handling Inconclusive Assertions in Formal Verification
    • Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking
    • Power Aware CDC Verification
    • Getting Started with Formal-Based Technology
    • Formal-Based Technology: Automatic Formal Solutions
    • Formal Assertion-Based Verification

    Evolving FPGA Verification Capabilities

    This course introduces techniques for addressing complexity by evolving your organization’s FPGA verification process capabilities.

    Sessions

    • Introduction from Harry Foster
    • Overview & Welcome
    • Code Coverage
    • Test Planning
    • Applied Assertions
    • Transactions
    • Self-Checking Testbenches
    • Automatic Stimulus
    • Functional Coverage

    Related Courses

    • VHDL-2008 Why It Matters
    • Assertion-Based Verification
    • Featured Web Seminar
    • Staying Competitive with Advanced FPGA Verification

    Evolving Verification Capabilities

    This course provides a common framework for all advanced functional verification courses contained within the Verification Academy.

    Sessions

    • Introduction to the Verification Academy

    Related Courses

    • Metrics in SoC Verification
    • Verification Planning & Management

    Formal Assertion-Based Verification

    In this course the instructors will show how to get started with direct property checking including: test planning for formal, SVA coding tricks that get the most out of the formal analysis engines and much more.

    Sessions

    • Introduction to Formal Assertion-Based Verification
    • Basic Formal Closure, (Black Boxing and Cutpoint)
    • PropCheck - Formal Model Checking
    • Questa® PropCheck Demo

    Related Courses

    • Handling Inconclusive Assertions in Formal Verification
    • Formal Coverage
    • Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking
    • Power Aware CDC Verification
    • Getting Started with Formal-Based Technology
    • Automatic Formal Solutions
    • Clock-Domain Crossing Verification
    • Featured Seminar
    • Formal Verification: Automation and Tips for Success
    • Success Story
    • Cypress Adopts Questa Formal Apps to Create Pristine IP
    • How Microsemi Uses Questa Formal Connectivity Check to Improve Quality and Productivity

    Formal-Based Technology: Automatic Formal Solutions

    After a brief introductory session outlining the general architecture of formal apps, in each subsequent session of the course will deep dive on a specific verification challenge and the corresponding formal application.

    Sessions

    • Introduction to Automated Formal Apps
    • AutoCheck - Push-Button Bug Hunting
    • Questa® AutoCheck Demo
    • Connectivity Check - Connectivity Verification Overview & Challenges
    • Questa® Connectivity Check Demo
    • CoverCheck - Accelerating Coverage Closure
    • Questa® CoverCheck Demo
    • Register Check - Memory Mapped Register Verification
    • Questa® Register Check Demo
    • SecureCheck - How Secure is your Design?
    • Questa® SecureCheck Demo
    • X-Check - Mitigating X Effects in Your Verification
    • Questa® X-Check Demo

    Related Courses

    • Handling Inconclusive Assertions in Formal Verification
    • Formal Coverage
    • Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking
    • Formal Assertion-Based Verification
    • Getting Started with Formal-Based Technology
    • Power Aware CDC Verification
    • Clock-Domain Crossing Verification
    • Featured Seminar
    • Formal Verification: Automation and Tips for Success
    • Success Story
    • Cypress Adopts Questa Formal Apps to Create Pristine IP
    • How Microsemi Uses Questa Formal Connectivity Check to Improve Quality and Productivity

    Formal Coverage

    Formal coverage is a hot topic these days. Simulation has a number of metrics for helping determine when verification is done. These include code coverage, assertions coverage, transaction coverage, and functional coverage to name a few. Like simulation, formal has metrics which can be used to determine when verification on a design block is complete.

    Sessions

    • Formal Coverage Overview
    • Formal Coverage vs. Simulation Coverage
    • Formal Coverage for Property Debug
    • Formal Coverage for Inconclusive Debug
    • Formal for Over-Constraint and Reachability Analysis
    • Property Debug Demo
    • Formal Coverage Demo

    Related Courses

    • Handling Inconclusive Assertions in Formal Verification
    • Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking
    • Power Aware CDC Verification
    • Getting Started with Formal-Based Technology
    • Formal Assertion-Based Verification
    • Formal-Based Technology: Automatic Formal Solutions
    • Clock-Domain Crossing Verification

    Getting Started with Formal-Based Technology

    This course introduces basic concepts and terminology that should be useful by any engineer wishing to mature their formal-based technology skills.

    Sessions

    • Formal Concepts and Solutions
    • Formal Use Models and Organization Skills

    Related Courses

    • https://verificationacademy.com/courses/handling-inconclusive-assertions-in-formal-verification
    • Formal Coverage
    • Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking
    • Automatic Formal Solutions
    • Formal Assertion-Based Verification
    • Power Aware CDC Verification
    • Clock-Domain Crossing Verification
    • Featured Seminar
    • Formal Verification: Automation and Tips for Success
    • Success Story
    • Cypress Adopts Questa Formal Apps to Create Pristine IP
    • How Microsemi Uses Questa Formal Connectivity Check to Improve Quality and Productivity

    Handling Inconclusive Assertions in Formal Verification

    This course will introduce the multiple techniques to help formal verification tools solve inconclusive assertions.

    Sessions

    • Editor Insight
    • Easy Solutions
    • Assertion Complexity Reduction
    • Design Complexity Reduction
    • Advanced Topic
    • Related Demo
    • Inconclusive Debug Demo

    Related Courses

    • Formal Coverage
    • Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking
    • Power Aware CDC Verification
    • Getting Started with Formal-Based Technology
    • Formal Assertion-Based Verification
    • Formal-Based Technology: Automatic Formal Solutions
    • Clock-Domain Crossing Verification
    • Verification Horizons
    • Debugging Inconclusive Assertions and a Case Study

    Improve AMS Verification Performance

    This course will introduce the various modeling practices available in AMS design environment to help understand how to efficiently utilize them.

    Sessions

    • Overview to Improve AMS Performance
    • AMS Engines
    • Modeling Abstraction
    • AMS Modeling Guidance
    • Improve AMS Verification Performance

    Related Courses

    • AMS Design Configuration Schemes
    • Improve AMS Verification Quality

    Improve AMS Verification Quality

    This course will introduce some methodologies available in AMS design environments that could help quantify the quality of the AMS verification process.

    Sessions

    • Overview to Improve AMS Quality
    • Analog Aspects in AMS
    • Extend Power-Aware Verification to AMS
    • Extend Structured Formal Verification to AMS
    • Improve AMS Verification Quality

    Related Courses

    • AMS Design Configuration Schemes
    • Improve AMS Verification Performance

    Introduction to UVM

    The Introduction to the UVM course will guide you from rudimentary SystemVerilog through a complete UVM testbench.

    Sessions

    • Overview & Welcome
    • SystemVerilog Primer for VHDL Engineers
    • Object Oriented Programming
    • SystemVerilog Interfaces
    • Packages, Includes and Macros
    • UVM Components and Tests
    • UVM Environments
    • Connecting Objects
    • Transaction Level Testing
    • The Analysis Layer
    • UVM Reporting
    • Functional Coverage with Covergroups
    • Introduction to Sequences
    • Featured: UVM Rapid Adoption
    • A Practical Subset of UVM - Paper
    • A Practical Subset of UVM - Session
    • Featured Session
    • UVM Framework – Create a UVM Environment in Less than an Hour

    Related Courses

    • SystemVerilog OOP for UVM Verification
    • Assertion-Based Verification
    • Evolving FPGA Verification
    • VHDL-2008 Why It Matters

    UVM Resources

    • Code & Lab Examples
    • UVM Cookbook
    • UVM Code Examples
    • UVM Web Seminars
    • IEEE 1800.2-2017 (UVM)
    • UVM 1.2 Documentation
    • UVM 1.2 Kit
    • UVM 1.1d Kit
    • UVM Seminar
    • UVM Forum

    UVM Courses

    • UVM Debug
    • Basic UVM
    • Advanced UVM
    • UVM Connect

    Metrics in SoC Verification

    This course identifies a range of metrics across multiple aspects of today’s SoC functional verification process.

    Sessions

    • Introduction to Metrics
    • The Driving Forces for Change
    • What Can Metrics Tell Us?
    • What's Needed to Address the Problem?
    • What's Needed to Adopt Metrics?
    • What to Expect After Adopting the Metrics

    Related Courses

    • Evolving Verification Capabilities
    • Verification Planning & Management

    Portable Stimulus Basics

    Portable Stimulus attempts to address this problem by providing a single specification of test intent and coverage at a higher level of abstraction, allowing tools to generate target-specific implementations of the test for the desired platforms and freeing up the verification team to focus on what should be tested.

    Sessions

    • Why Portable Stimulus?
    • What is Portable Stimulus?
    • Walking Through a Portable Stimulus Example
    • Accellera Standard
    • PSS Early Adopter - June 14, 2017

    Related Courses

    • Evolving FPGA Verification
    • Metrics in SoC Verification
    • Power Aware Verification
    • Verification Horizons
    • Separating Test Intent from Design Details with Portable Stimulus
    • Portable Stimulus Modeling in a High-Level Synthesis User's Verification Flow
    • Smoothing the Path to Software-Driven Verification with Portable Stimulus
    • Automating Tests with Portable Stimulus from IP to SoC Level
    • Improving Performance and Verification of a System Through an Intelligent Testbench
    • A New Stimulus Model for CPU Instruction Sets
    • Verification Horizons Blog
    • Developing Tests in Reverse with Portable Stimulus
    • Portable Stimulus Specification Released for Public Review
    • Reusing Existing Descriptions with New Languages
    • Portable Stimulus Takes an Important Step Forward
    • Portable Stimulus Taking Center Stage at DAC
    • Portable Stimulus Applications at DVCon 2016
    • Modeling CPU Instruction Sets with a Portable Stimulus Specification
    • Separating Test Intent from Design Details with Portable Stimulus

    Power Aware CDC Verification

    This course describes the low power CDC methodology by discussing the low power CDC challenges, describing the UPF-related power logic structures relevant to CDC analysis, and explaining a low power CDC verification methodology.

    Sessions

    • Handling Inconclusive Assertions in Formal Verification
    • Power Aware CDC Introduction
    • Understanding Low Power Impact on CDC Logic
    • Describing Low Power Logic with UPF
    • Integrating Power Aware CDC into a Design Flow
    • Questa Power Aware CDC Demo

    Related Courses

    • Clock-Domain Crossing Verification
    • Power Aware Verification

    Featured Technical Paper

    • Power Aware CDC Verification of Dynamic Frequency And Voltage Scaling (DVFS) Artifacts

    Power Aware Verification

    This course introduces the IEEE Std 1801 Unified Power Format (UPF) for specification of active power management architectures and covers the use of UPF in simulation-based power aware verification.

    Sessions

    • Introduction to Power Aware Verification
    • Overview of UPF
    • Getting Started with UPF
    • A Simple UPF Example
    • UPF 2.0 Enhancements
    • Using Supply Sets
    • An Enhanced UPF Example

    Related Courses

    • Power Aware CDC Verification

    Featured Demos

    • Questa Power Aware Visualizer Demo
    • Questa Power Aware Simulation Demo

    Featured Technical Resources

    • Power Aware Gate-level Simulation
    • The Fundamental Power States for UPF Modeling and Power Aware Verification
    • New Low Power Verification Techniques
    • Successive Refinement: A Methodology for Incremental Specification of Power Intent
    • PowerAware RTL Verification of USB 3.0 IPs
    • The Evolution of UPF: What’s Next?
    • Evolution of UPF: Getting Better All the Time

    Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking

    In this course, you will be introduced to the concept of sequential logic equivalence checking and its common applications.

    Sessions

    • SLEC Introduction
    • SLEC for Bug Fix / ECO
    • SLEC for Design Optimization
    • SLEC for Low Power Clock Gating
    • SLEC for Safety Mechanism

    Related Courses

    • Handling Inconclusive Assertions in Formal Verification
    • Power Aware CDC Verification
    • Formal Assertion-Based Verification
    • Formal-Based Technology: Automatic Formal Solutions
    • Getting Started with Formal-Based Technology
    • Featured Seminar
    • Formal Verification: Automation and Tips for Success

    SystemVerilog OOP for UVM Verification

    The SystemVerilog OOP for UVM Verification course is aimed at introducing the object-oriented programming (OOP) features in SystemVerilog most commonly used by the UVM in the simplest form.

    Sessions

    • Classes
    • Inheritance and Polymorphism
    • OOP Design Pattern Examples

    Related Courses

    • Introduction to UVM
    • Basic UVM
    • UVM Debug
    • Related Resources
    • SystemVerilog Forum
    • SystemVerilog Packages
    • SystemVerilog Guidelines
    • SystemVerilog Performance Guidelines
    • SystemVerilog Training
    • SystemVerilog UVM
    • SystemVerilog for Verification
    • SystemVerilog UVM Advanced

    SystemVerilog Testbench Acceleration

    This course will give you the confidence required to start the process of investigating and creating a single testbench environment for both simulation and hardware-assisted acceleration.

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    • Testbench Acceleration Depicted
    • Modeling for Acceleration
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    Testbench Co-Emulation: SystemC & TLM-2.0

    This course advocates that functional verification through modern SystemC testbenches paired with co-emulation enables further verification productivity improvements.

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    • SystemC & TLM-2.0 Testbench Modeling
    • The SCE-MI 2.0 Standard
    • The OSCI TLM-2.0 Standard
    • Modeling SystemC TLM-2.0 Drivers
    • SystemC & TLM-2.0 Monitors and Talkers

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    UVM Connect

    UVM Connect will demonstrate how to reuse your SystemC architectural models and/or reuse SystemVerilog UVM agents to verify models in SystemC.

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    UVM Debug

    In this course, we examine common UVM debug issues, and provide a systematic set of recommendations to effectively address them.

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    • UVM Connectivity Debug
    • UVM Phase Debug
    • Memory Leak Debug
    • UVM Configuration Database Debug

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    • Are You Trapped in an Unfamiliar, Large SystemVerilog UVM Testbench?

    UVMF - One Bite at a Time

    In this course, we describe the architecture, flow, generation, and use of UVM Framework testbenches.

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    • UVMF - Series Introduction
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    • Agents: Architecture and Operation
    • Interface Code Generation
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    • Scoreboards and Predictors
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    • Bench Code Generation
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    • Sequence Categories
    • UVMF & Emulation
    • Running Simulations

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    Verification Planning and Management

    This course wil define terms, logically divide up the verification effort, and lay the foundation for actual verification planning and management on a real project.

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    • Why Plan?
    • Why It's Hard
    • Plan of Attack

    Related Courses

    • Evolving Verification Capabilities
    • Metrics in SoC Verification

    VHDL-2008 Why It Matters

    VHDL-2008 matters because it facilitates advanced verification, adds reusable data structures, simplifies RTL coding and adds fixed and floating point math packages. VHDL-2008 is the largest change to VHDL since 1993.

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    • VHDL-2008 Overview
    • VHDL-2008 Testbench Enhancements
    • VHDL-2008 RTL Enhancements
    • VHDL-2008 Operator Enhancements
    • VHDL-2008 Package Type Enhancements
    • VHDL-2008 Fixed Point Package
    • VHDL-2008 Floating Point Package

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    Implementation Patterns

    Implementation Patterns provide solutions to the construction problem for various verification infrastructures. Since the construction of contemporary testbenches are essentially large software projects, which utilize object-oriented features found in SystemVerilog and UVM, a lot of the prior work in software patterns is applicable to verification Implementation Patterns.

    Environment Patterns

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    Specification Patterns

    Specification Patterns provide solutions to notational problems when specifying design intent. Probably the most prevalent form of formally specifying design intent in the digital verification domain is through the use of properties, which can be implemented as either assertions or cover properties.

    Occurrence Property Patterns

    • Absence Property Pattern
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    The Coverage Cookbook describes the different types of coverage that are available to keep track of the progress of the verification process, how to create a functional coverage model from a specification, and provides examples of how to implement functional coverage for different types of designs.

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    The OVM is an open source SystemVerilog class library that was the outcome of a collaboration between Mentor Graphics and Cadence Design Systems. There are three main reasons why you should consider using the OVM and these are productivity, commercial considerations and enablement.

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Adding Tests and Sequences

Adding Tests and Sequences Session | Subject Matter Expert - Bob Oden | UVM Framework Course

In this session, you will learn how to add sequences and test cases to a UVMF testbench using the example derived test and extended top level virtual sequence.

Agents: Architecture and Operation

Agents: Architecture and Operation Session | Subject Matter Expert - Bob Oden | UVM Framework Course

In this session, you will learn about components within a protocol agent and its associated bus functional models and the roles and responsibilities of these components including the abstraction level they operate at.

Assertion Patterns

Assertion Patterns Session | Subject Matter Expert - Harry Foster | Assertion-Based Verification Course

This session will provide a discussion on how to mature your organization's assertion skill through the use of assertion patterns.

AutoCheck - Push-Button Bug Hunting

AutoCheck - Push-Button Bug Hunting Session | Subject Matter Expert - Mark Eslinger | Formal-Based Technology: Automatic Formal Solutions Course

This session will show how automation of assertion based methods via automated formal analysis can uncover numerous types of RTL behavioral issues, enabling immediate fixes as the RTL is being developed without the need for a testbench.

Basic Formal Closure, (Black Boxing and Cutpoint)

Basic Formal Closure, (Black Boxing and Cutpoint) Session | Subject Matter Expert - Mark Eslinger | Formal Assertion-Based Verification Course

At some point formal engines will begin to struggle under the weight of the state space. This session will show two simple techniques to safely limit the states the engines need to process, enabling more in-depth results.

Bench Code Generation

Bench Code Generation Session | Subject Matter Expert - Jonathan Craft | UVM Framework Course

In this session, you will learn the format and content of the YAML configuration file that describe the UVMF Bench and what parts of the generated output that you’ll need to modify afterwards.

Code Generation Introduction

Code Generation Session | Subject Matter Expert - Jonathan Craft | UVM Framework Course

In this session, you will learn why code generation can be a powerful tool and how to take advantage of it for the purposes of quickly producing a UVMF-based testbench.

Connecting Objects

Connecting Objects Session | Subject Matter Expert - Ray Salemi | Introduction to the UVM Course

In this session you will learn the mechanics of ports, exports, and tlm_fifos.

Coverage & Plan-Driven Verification for FPGAs

Coverage & Plan-Driven Verification for FPGAs

This session explores how to ensure that debug and verification is done in the most effective place by using block benches, chip benches, formal tools, and lab test appropriately.

Easy Solutions

Easy Solutions Session | Subject Matter Expert - Jin Hou | Handling Inconclusive Assertions in Formal Verification Course

In this session you will be introduced to easy solutions for handling inconclusive assertions by exploring tool options, and how to know where formal is stuck at.

Editor Insight

Editor Insight Session | Subject Matter Expert - Harry Foster | Handling Inconclusive Assertions in Formal Verification Course

This editor insight session provides an introduction and motivation for our new course, which is focused on handling inconclusive assertions in formal property checking.

Environment Code Generation

Environment Code Generation Session | Subject Matter Expert - Jonathan Craft | UVM Framework Course

In this session, you will learn the format and content of the YAML configuration file that describe the UVMF Environment and what parts of the generated output that you'll need to modify afterwards.

Environments: Architecture and Operation

Environments: Architecture and Operation Session | Subject Matter Expert - Bob Oden | UVM Framework Course

In this session, you will learn the roles and responsibilities of an environment within a simulation.

Fireside Chat Verification Panel

DAC 2016 | Fireside Chat Panel Discussion

Join the Verification Academy Subject Matter Experts as they field questions about UVM, Portable Stimulus, SystemVerilog, Emulation, Testbenches, Standards, Training, High Level Synthesis, Languages and more!

Formal Coverage Introduction & Overview

Course Introduction & Overview Session | Subject Matter Expert - Mark Eslinger | Formal Coverage Course

In this session, you will be introduced to the Formal Coverage course.

Functional Coverage with Covergroups

Functional Coverage with Covergroups Session | Subject Matter Expert - Ray Salemi | Introduction to the UVM Course

In this session you will learn how to create a covergroup.

Industry Trends in Today’s Functional Verification Landscape

Industry Trends in Today’s Functional Verification Landscape Session | Subject Matter Expert - Harry Foster | Enterprise Debug & Analysis Seminar

In this session, you will learn more about today's industry trends in the functional verification landscape including static and dynamic verification.

Instantiating the DUT

Instantiating the DUT Session | Subject Matter Expert - Bob Oden | UVM Framework Course

In this session, you will learn how to compile and instantiate a Verilog and VHDL DUT within a UVMF testbench.

Interface Code Generation

Interface Code Generation Session | Subject Matter Expert - Jonathan Craft | UVM Framework Course

In this session, you will learn the steps needed to produce code for an UVMF Interface using the generator.

Introduction from Harry Foster

Introduction from Harry Foster Session | Subject Matter Expert - Harry Foster | Evolving FPGA Verification Capabilities Course

This session is an introduction to various code coverage metrics and how to apply them.

Introduction to Formal Assertion-Based Verification

Introduction to Formal Assertion-Based Verification Session | Subject Matter Expert - Joe Hupcey ||| | Formal Assertion-Based Verification Course

In this session we will learn about various formal verification techniques; what they are, how to utilize them, and benefits received from advanced formal technologies.

Introduction to Open Verification Library (OVL)

Introduction to Open Verification Library (OVL) Session | Subject Matter Expert - Harry Foster | Assertion-Based Verification Course

This session is targeted at the novice who has no exposure to assertion libraries, or as an assertion refresher session for the experienced engineer.

Introduction to Power Aware Verification

Introduction to Power Aware Verification Session | Subject Matter Expert - Erich Marshner | Power Aware Verification Course

This session introduces the IEEE Std 1801 Unified Power Format (UPF).

Introduction to Sequences

Introduction to Sequences Session | Subject Matter Expert - Ray Salemi | Introduction to the UVM Course

In this session you will learn how to create sequences in a variety of configurations.

Introduction to SVUnit

Introduction to SVUnit Session | Subject Matter Expert - Neil Johnson, XtremeEDA | Introduction to Unit Testing with SVUnit Course

A history of SVUnit and how it helps to directly address the poor code quality and code debug (redo) currently plaguing semiconductor teams.

Introduction to SystemVerilog Assertions

Introduction to SystemVerilog Assertions Session | Subject Matter Expert - Harry Foster | Assertion-Based Verification Course

This session that is targeted at the novice who has no exposure to assertion languages, or as an assertion refresher for the experienced engineer.

Introduction to UVM Connect

This session introduces UVM Connect and explains the benefits of adoption.

Jenkins Installation & Setup

Jenkins & Questa VRM Plug-in | Installation and Plug-in Setup | Darron May

In this session you will be introduced to the Jenkins continuous integration system, along with step by step installation and setup instructions.

Jenkins Project Configuration

Jenkins & Questa VRM Plug-in | Project Configuration | Darron May

In this session we will walk through the project configuration and how to setup a job with the Questa VRM plug-in.

Jenkins VRM Integration Demo

Jenkins & Questa VRM Plug-in | VRM Integration Demo | Darron May

In this session, we will demo the Questa VRM Jenkins integration and you will see first hand how to execute tests and generate reports.

Object Oriented Programming

Object Oriented Programming Session | Subject Matter Expert - Ray Salemi | Introduction to the UVM Course

This session introduces object oriented programming and will teach you the basics to be able to use the UVM.

Overview to AMS Configuration

This session introduces the opposing powers in Design Methodologies and the concept of Mixed-Signal design environments. Challenges and techniques will also be covered.

Overview to Improve AMS Performance

Overview to Improve AMS Performance Session | Subject Matter Expert - Ahmed Eisawy | Improve AMS Performance Course

This session introduces the challenges in Mixed-Signal verification performance.

Overview to Improve AMS Quality

Overview to Improve AMS Quality Session | Subject Matter Expert - Ahmed Eisawy | Improve AMS Quality Course

This session introduces the challenges in improving Mixed-Signal Verification Quality.

Packages, Includes and Macros

Packages, Includes, and Macros Session | Subject Matter Expert - Ray Salemi | Introduction to the UVM Course

SystemVerilog has a variety of tools for controlling code and sharing definitions. This session examines these in detail.

Plan of Attack

Plan of Attack Session | Subject Matter Expert - Peet James | Verification Planning and Management Course

This session goes towards dividing up all that work into some logical categories and coming up with a plan of attack for overall verification success.

Power Aware CDC Introduction and Overview

Introduction and Overview Session | Subject Matter Expert - Kurt Takara | Power Aware CDC Verification Course

This session introduces the design challenges created by low power designs and the implications that these designs have on CDC verification.

Productive Verification with VIP, a UVM Framework and Configuration GUI

Productive Verification with VIP, a UVM Framework and Configuration GUI Session | Enterprise Debug & Analysis Seminar

In this session, you will learn how to leverage Verification IP and the UVM Framework to create a running testbench without writing any SystemVerilog code.

PropCheck - Formal Model Checking

PropCheck - Formal Model Checking Session | Subject Matter Expert - Mark Eslinger | Formal Assertion-Based Verification Course

In this session we'll share some basic tips for getting started with direct property checking, how to setup the analysis for rapidly reaching a solution, and how to answer the question, “Do I have enough assertions?"

Questa® Verification IP AMBA

Questa® Verification IP AMBA

In this session you will learn about ARM® AMBA bus interface protocols as well as learn about the comprehensive functionality Questa VIP provides for verification of both IP and SoCs that include an AMBA interface, such as AHB, AXI or ACE.

Questa® Verification IP Configurator Demo

Questa® Verification IP Configurator Demo

In this session you learn how Questa VIP configurator can be used not only to instantiate and configure Questa VIP components, but also to generate a complete testbench that can be used stand-alone, or integrated into a larger UVM or UVM-F based environment.

Questa® Verification IP PCIe

Questa® Verification IP PCIe

In this session you will receive a brief overview of PCI Express and then learn about the comprehensive functionality Questa VIP provides for verification of both IP and SoCs that include a PCIe interface.

Questa® VIP Integration

Questa VIP Integration Session | Subject Matter Expert - Dave Aerne | UVM Framework Course

In this session, you will learn how to integrate Questa® Verification IP within your UVMF testbench.

Running Simulations

Running Simulations Session | Subject Matter Expert - Jonathan Craft | UVM Framework Course

In this session, you will learn how to run individual UVMF simulations in both batch and debug mode as well as how to configure and run a regression test suite using the Questa® Verification Run Manager.

Scoreboards and Predictors

Scoreboards and Predictors Session | Subject Matter Expert - Bob Oden | UVM Framework Course

In this session, you will learn the roles and responsibilities of scoreboards and predictors within the UVMF, the scoreboards provided by UVMF and how they are configured.

Sequence Categories

Sequence Categories Session | Subject Matter Expert - Bob Oden | UVM Framework Course

In this session, you will learn the roles and responsibilities of the sequence categories and that sequences within UVMF are divided into three categories: interface, environment, and testbench.

SLEC for Bug Fix / ECO

SLEC for Bug Fix / ECO Session | Subject Matter Expert - Jin Hou | Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking Course

In this session, you will learn how to use SLEC to verify that bug fix/ ECO doesn’t introduce new bugs.

SLEC for Design Optimization

SLEC for Design Optimization Session | Subject Matter Expert - Jin Hou | Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking Course

In this session, you will learn how to use SLEC to verify functional equivalence between two RTL designs before and after optimization.

SLEC for Low Power Clock Gating

SLEC for Low Power Clock Gating Session | Subject Matter Expert - Jin Hou | Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking Course

In this session, you will how to use SLEC to verify that the design works the same with and without added low power clock gating logic.

SLEC for Safety Mechanism

SLEC for Safety Mechanism Session | Subject Matter Expert - Jin Hou | Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking Course

In this session, you will learn how to use SLEC to verify that the design’s safety mechanism handles faults as required.

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