EDN

Using SystemVerilog for functional verification

The need to improve functional verification productivity and quality continues to grow. The 2004/2002 IC/ASIC Functional Verification Study, by Collett International Research, shows that logic or ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Simplifying SystemVerilog Functional Coverage

Let’s say you have a block you need to verify. How do you know that the stimulus you are about to use is exhaustive enough and that you have covered the necessary scenarios/situations to prove it is ...
EDN

SystemVerilog assertions unify design and verification

The SystemVerilog standard is the result of an industry-wide effort to extend the Verilog language in a consistent way to include enhanced modeling and verification features. By adding verification ...
Design-Reuse

Design of SystemVerilog Assertion IP

SystemVerilog provides an effective means for designing assertion-based Verification IP and integrating it with a testbench. This paper explores guidelines for designing such IP within the Synopsys ...
Electronic Design

SystemVerilog Gains A Foothold In Verification

Indeed, designers have embraced SystemVerilog—it's by far the fastest growing design/verification language in the world today (Fig. 1). "The ability to do assertions is significantly improved in ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between VHDL, Verilog, and SystemVerilog?

Designers of electronic hardware describe the behavior and structure of system and circuit designs using hardware description languages (HDLs)—specialized programming languages commonly known as VHDL, ...