Verification

January 14, 2021

A new methodology addresses the increasing challenge of reset domain crossing

Originally presented at DVCon Europe, a new paper automates complex steps in RDC verification and reduces noise.
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December 18, 2020

Virtual emulation delivers verification for the latest storage devices

Computational storage devices are posing a new raft of challenges that is being addressed using a powerful pre-silicon methodology.
December 4, 2020

Analog surges as cause of IC respins (Wilson Functional Verification 2020 – Part Three)

Study may point to new challenges in more bidirectional AMS implementations on SoC-class designs, though formal and emulation help keep respin count in check.
December 1, 2020

Less than one-in-five FPGA projects avoid bug escapes (Wilson Functional Verification 2020 – Part Two)

Benchmark study detects correlation between maturity of verification processes and the quality of designs when they reach production.
November 27, 2020

RISC-V in nearly a quarter of designs (Wilson Functional Verification 2020 – Part One)

Use of the open-source RISC-V processor was tracked for the first time by the biennial study, finding notably high take-up.
November 3, 2020

Showing ‘equivalence’ to seed digital twin adoption

A partnership between Siemens and VSI, a real-world autonomous vehicle research company, aims to refine and promote digital twin strategies.
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October 29, 2020

User2User sets virtual 2020 dates: US in November, Europe in December

The free-to-attend user meetings for Mentor clients will retain the same format mixing technical presentations with keynotes and networking.
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October 27, 2020

ROHM eases component choice by offering cloud simulation and collaboration environment

A Japanese component supplier is making it easier for its customers to choose the right parts for their designs by offering a powerful analog and mixed-signal (AMS) simulation environment through its website.
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October 22, 2020

Mentor and Arm collaborate on RTL verification reviews

Functional verification for increasingly complex ARM-based designs is at the heart of the new consultancy partnership.
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September 21, 2020

Deliver RFIC reliability and performance through automation

Today's increasingly complex and integrated RFICs pose complex verification challenges best addressed before costly simulation runs.