Verification Engine Disconnects

By Ed Sperling - 06 Jul, 2016 - Comments: 0

Moving verification data seamlessly between emulation, simulation, FPGA prototyping and formal verification engines may be possible on paper, but it is proving more difficult to implement in the real world. [getkc id="10" kc_name="Verification"] still consumes the most time and money in the design process. And while the amount of time spent on verification in complex designs has held relativ... » read more

The UVM Configuration Database

By Henry Chan - 30 Jun, 2016 - Comments: 0

When I want to wear a certain clothing item, I take out it of the closet. When I go shopping, I add those clothes it to my closet and there are now new items for me to pick out in the future. A database works much the same way, a collection of information that is stored and accessed on demand. Take the UVM configuration database for example. It basically acts as a repository so that when the... » read more

Aldec HES Emulation Integration With Imperas OVP

By Aldec - 29 Jun, 2016 - Comments: 0

Virtual platforms play a significant role in system level development, but require the speed that emulation systems provide for hardware/software co-verification. This white paper describes a high performance virtual modeling solution achieved by integrating Aldec’s Transaction Level Emulation System with Imperas’ OVP (Open Virtual Platform) and OVPsim (OVP simulator). Hardware and Software... » read more

The Hardest Part Of DO-254 Is…

By Louie De Luna - 26 May, 2016 - Comments: 0

The hardest part of DO-254 is not the requirements. It’s not the design. It’s not the verification. We just wrapped up this year’s 3-day DO-254 Practitioner’s Course, and each year I learn something new. In this year’s training we had attendees from major aerospace companies including Curtiss Wright, Rolls Royce, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Thales and Woodward. It’s always a pleas... » read more

Virtual Modeling With Aldec And Imperas

By Aldec - 25 May, 2016 - Comments: 0

Blog Review: May 25

By Jesse Allen - 25 May, 2016 - Comments: 0

As a prelude of drone delivery, shipping company DHL set up a carbon fiber tilt-rotor to ferry packages between two villages in the Alps, in this week's top five tech picks from Ansys' Bill Vandermark. Plus, IBM's phase-change memory, see-through wood that's stronger than glass, and perhaps a Babel fish. There have been considerable investments in new memories, but getting to them won't be a... » read more

The Week In Review: Design

By Jesse Allen - 20 May, 2016 - Comments: 1

Acquisitions ARM acquired embedded computer vision and imaging technology company [getentity id="22917" comment="Apical"] for $350 million in cash. According to ARM, the company's technology has been utilized in more than 1.5 billion smartphones and in about 300 million other consumer and industrial devices. Synopsys acquired [getentity id="22916" comment="Simpleware"], a provider of soft... » read more

UVM Register Layer: The Structure

By Henry Chan - 28 Apr, 2016 - Comments: 0

I don’t know about you, but I am looking forward to the day where we won’t even have to go to the doctor’s office for an exam. Instead, we will all have scanners in our homes that will transmit full digital models to our doctors who can then poke, prod, and examine us remotely. This is essentially what the UVM register layer allows and does. The UVM register layer acts similarly by mod... » read more

SoC Verification Made Easy

By Aldec - 27 Apr, 2016 - Comments: 0

As designs grow larger, the time spent verifying a project is growing longer as well. As a solution, some companies are trying to ‘shift-left’ their schedules. Verification via software simulators is not fast enough for large System-on-Chip (SoC) design projects, there-fore one option is to use an FPGA emulator to speed up the design process. But what happens when a bug occurs? This docu... » read more

Planes, Cars, And Lagging Standards

By Ed Sperling - 28 Mar, 2016 - Comments: 0

Automotive and aerospace standards are struggling to adapt to pervasive connectivity, increased functionality, and new packaging approaches and architectures, leaving chipmakers and systems vendors unsure about what needs to be included in future designs. Each of these markets has a reputation for being lumbering and unresponsive, in part because they deal with safety-critical issues and i... » read more

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