functional verification

January 13, 2022

Siemens’ Sawicki puts priority on scaling in processes, productivity and systems

More optimistic about the semiconductor industries prospects than for some time, Siemens Joe Sawicki identified key EDA challenges at DAC.
February 20, 2020
Adnan Hamid is co-founder and CEO of Breker Verification Systems, and inventor of its core technology. He has more than 20 years of experience in functional verification automation and is a pioneer in bringing to market the first commercially available solution for Accellera’s Portable Stimulus Standard.

Verifying AI engines

How can we refine our approach functional verification to deal with the increasing number of systems that leverage artificial intelligence.
September 10, 2019
Adnan Hamid is co-founder and CEO of Breker Verification Systems, and the inventor of its core technology. He has more than 20 years of experience in functional verification automation. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Using portable stimulus for automotive random error analysis

The Portable Stimulus Standard helps overcome many of the verification challenges inherent in the strict requirements of ISO 26262.
September 9, 2016

The inside track on emulation growth

Analysts say there is a $1B market on the horizon. We talk with Mentor's Jean-Marie Brunet about where such a number could come from.
January 26, 2016
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Bus contention and floating busses: Catch them before simulation

Bus contention and floating busses are well defined issues and therefore excellent candidates for being addressed with early-stage formal verification.
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November 2, 2015

How to cut verification time with VIP

This article shows practical ways to use verification IP for greater productivity with specific code examples from Mentor Graphics' Questa platform.
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May 29, 2015
Mentor Graphics/Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Smaller designs face greater risk of respins

Research study suggests the maturity of your verification flow determines the likelihood of first-pass success far more than the complexity inherent in design size.
January 20, 2015
Veloce2 emulator

Assertion-based emulation

Combining assertion-based verification techniques with emulation makes for easier debug, better coverage and greater functional efficiency.
September 30, 2014
Pranav Ashar

The evolution of lint

Lint is no longer just about checking RTL code. It already incorporates functional verification within a three-stage analysis. Time to look again at a 'familiar' technology.
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October 26, 2012

Emulation delivers system-level power verification

Overcome the time and visibility limitations of simulation and of gate-level and RTL-based strategies to achieve full-chip analysis.
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