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Simulation-Based Techniques

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.

Simulation-Based Techniques Courses

Power Aware Verification

Power Aware Verification Course | Subject Matter Expert - Erich Marschner | Simulation-Based Techniques Topic

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.

Assertion-Based Verification

Assertion-Based Verification (ABV) Course | Subject Matter Expert - Harry Foster | Simulation-Based Techniques Topic

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

An Introduction to Unit Testing with SVUnit

Introduction to Unit Testing with SVUnit Course | Subject Matter Expert - Neil Johnson, XtremeEDA | Simulation-Based Techniques Topic

SVUnit is an open-source test framework for ASIC and FPGA developers writing Verilog/SystemVerilog code. SVUnit is the only SystemVerilog test framework suited for both design and verification engineers.

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Featured Simulation-Based Techniques Verification Horizons Articles

  • Effective Elements Lists and the Transitive Nature of UPF Commands
  • A New Approach to Low-Power Verification: Power Aware Apps
  • Part 2: Power Aware Static Verification – From Power Intent to Microarchitectural Checks of Low-Power Designs
  • Part I: Power Aware Static Verification - From Power Intent to Microarchitectural Checks of Low-Power Designs
  • A Hierarchical and Configurable Strategy to Verify RISC-V based SoCs
  • PA GLS: The Power Aware Gate-level Simulation
  • Understanding the UPF Power Domain and Domain Boundary
  • Artifacts of Custom Checkers in Questa® Power Aware Dynamic Simulation
  • Automation and Reuse in RISC-V Verification Flow
  • Complementing Functional Verification Through the Use of Available Timing Information
  • How to Get the Maximum Out of Your Assertion and Coverage Based Verification Methodology
  • First Time Unit Testing Experience Report with SVUnit
  • The Verification Academy Patterns Library
  • Reusable Verification Framework
  • Power Aware Libraries: Standardization and Requirements for Questa® Power Aware
  • Successive Refinement: A Methodology for Incremental Specification of Power Intent
  • PowerAware RTL Verification of USB 3.0 IPs
  • Taming Power Aware Bugs with Questa®
  • The Evolution of UPF: What's Next?
  • Evolution of UPF: Getting Better All the Time

Featured Simulation-Based Techniques White Papers

  • A New Approach to Low-Power Verification: Power Aware Apps
  • Moving Beyond Assertions: An Innovative Approach to Low-Power Checking Using UPF Tcl Apps
  • Efficient Modeling Styles and Methodology for Gate-Level Design Verification
  • The Big Brain Theory: Visualizing SoC Design and Verification Data
  • Boosting Regression Throughput by Reusing Setup Phase Simulation
  • The Need For Speed: Understanding Design Factors That Make Multi-Core Parallel Simulations Efficient
  • Traffic Profiling and Performance Instrumentation For On-Chip Interconnects
  • Effective Elements List and Transitive Natures of UPF Commands
  • Low Power Apps: Shaping the Future of Low Power Verification
  • UPF Information Model: The Future of Low-Power Verification Today
  • Low Power Coverage: The Missing Piece in Dynamic Simulation
  • Random Directed Low-Power Coverage Methodology: A Smart Approach to Power Aware Verification Closure
  • Free Yourself from the Tyranny of Power State Tables with Incrementally Refinable UPF
  • The Fundamental Power States for UPF Modeling and Power Aware Verification
  • Power Aware CDC Verification of Dynamic Frequency And Voltage Scaling (DVFS) Artifacts
  • Stepping into UPF 2.1 World: Easy Solution to Complex Power Aware Verification
  • Advanced Verification of Low Power Designs
  • To Retain or Not to Retain: How Do I Verify the State Elements of My Low Power Design?
  • Low Power Design and Verification Techniques

Featured Simulation-Based Techniques On-Demand Technical Sessions

  • Why Reset Domain Crossing Verification is an Emerging Requirement
  • Clock-Domain Crossing Analyses and Verification
  • Integrated Approach to Power Domain/Clock-Domain Crossing Checks
  • Breaking the Speed Limits on SoC Verification with the Questa® Flow
  • Navigating the Perfect Storm: New School Verification Solutions
  • New Low Power Verification Techniques
  • Building An Integrated Verification Flow
  • Power Aware Simplifies Parametric PA-SIM Regression
  • Debugging Trends, Challenges, and Novel Solutions
  • Advanced Verification for All: SV/UVM, UCIS, UPF Made Easy
  • Verification and Validation in the SoC Age
  • Add Unit Testing To Your Verification Tool Belt
  • Back to the Stone Ages for Advanced Verification
  • Verification Patterns: An Optimized Reusable Solution

Featured Simulation-Based Techniques Seminars

  • Low Power Verification Forums
  • Comprehensive Metrics-Based Methodology to Achieve Low-Power System-on-Chips
  • Testbench Automation: How to Create a Complex Testbench in a Couple of Hours
  • New School Verification Technologies
  • Design & Verification in the SoC Era

ModelSim® / Questa® Core Advanced Topics

This learning path enables you to extend your knowledge of ModleSim/QuestaSim functionality and to efficiently analyze and debug HDL code.

  • ModelSim/Questa Tcl/TK Overview
  • ModelSim/Questa Code Coverage
  • ModelSim/Questa Language Support and Gate Level Simulations
  • ModelSim/Questa Finite State Machine Viewer
  • ModelSim/Questa Selected Debugging Topics

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The Questa® Advanced Simulator combines high performance and capacity simulation with unified advanced debug and functional coverage capabilities for the most complete native support of Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, SystemC, SVA, UPF and UVM.

The Questa Advanced Simulator is the core simulation and debug engine of the Questa Verification Solution; the comprehensive advanced verification platform capable of reducing the risk of validating complex FPGA and SoC designs.

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