Design-Reuse

Parameterized Interfaces and Reusable VIP (1 of 3)

SystemVerilog based verification introduces the concept of interfaces to represent communication between design blocks. In its most elemental form a SystemVerilog interface is just a named bundle of ...
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How to raise the RTL abstraction level and design conciseness with SystemVerilog – Part 2

As discussed in Part 1, this article proposes four steps to raise the abstraction level of current Verilog HDL designs and provide a phase wise approach to migrate to SystemVerilog. In Part 1 we ...
Design-Reuse

OCP 2.2 MVC Accelerates Verification Productivity

In April 2009, Mentor Graphics released the 2009.1 version of its Multiview Verification Component (MVC) library which featured an upgrade to its OCP-IP MVC to make it OCP-IP 2.2 compliant. The OCP ...
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Verification IP Reuse For Complex Networking Asics

Maximizing verification IP reuse improves verification productivity. The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) projects that 75 percent of design/verification productivity ...