RAK Attack: Better Driver Tracing, Faster Palladium Build Time, UVM Register...
Looking to learn? There's a bunch of new RAKs (Rapid Adoption Kits) available online now!1) Indago 19.09 Better Driver Tracing and MoreAre you new to Indago and not sure where to start? Luckily,...
View ArticleConcurrent Actions in Specman: Part 2
In the previous blog: Concurrent Actions in Specman, we discussed the existing options: all of (which awaits completion of all branches) and first of (which terminates at the first completion of any...
View ArticleThinci Finds Success with the Cadence Verification Suite
On May 23rd, 2019, Cadence announced that Thinci has elected to use the complete Cadence Verification Suite to speed up the verification of their machine-learning and AI designs. Now, Thinci can access...
View ArticleGot IP Security Questions? This Luncheon at DAC Has Answers
If you’ve got security on the mind—and in this day and age, who doesn’t?—and you’re planning to attend DAC, be sure to stop by the Accellera-sponsored Luncheon Focusing on IP Security Assurance Issues...
View ArticleSpecman: Python Is here!
Do you know from where Python technology gets its name? It is not from the snake, it is named after the Monty Python comedy group. And indeed, one of the main guidelines behind it is to be fun to use...
View ArticleMaster of ‘e’? Now You Can Prove It!
The knowledge and experience of using Specman/e tells everyone that you have acquired profound verification methodology. But how do you showcase this knowledge to your company, colleagues, and...
View ArticleMetamorphic Testing: The Future of Verification?
Curious about what’s going on behind the scenes with verification? Bernard Murphy, Jim Hogan, and our own Paul Cunningham are on the case with the “Innovation in Verification” blog stream over at...
View ArticleSpecman’s Callback Coverage API
Our customers’ tests have become more complex, longer, and consume more resources than before. This increases the need to optimize the regression while not compromising on coverage.Some advanced...
View ArticleGot IP Security Questions? This Luncheon at DAC Has Answers
If you’ve got security on the mind—and in this day and age, who doesn’t?—and you’re planning to attend DAC, be sure to stop by the Accellera-sponsored Luncheon Focusing on IP Security Assurance Issues...
View ArticleSpecman: Python Is here!
Do you know from where Python technology gets its name? It is not from the snake, it is named after the Monty Python comedy group. And indeed, one of the main guidelines behind it is to be fun to use...
View ArticleMaster of ‘e’? Now You Can Prove It!
The knowledge and experience of using Specman/e tells everyone that you have acquired profound verification methodology. But how do you showcase this knowledge to your company, colleagues, and...
View ArticleTales from DAC: A Meeting of Security's Heroes at the Accellera Luncheon...
Figure 1: The panel and crowdCitizens—the tech world is in trouble. With the ever-expanding size and complexity of chip designs, security hasn’t kept up. Old techniques for securing a design are no...
View ArticleTales from DAC: A Meeting of Security's Heroes at the Accellera Luncheon...
Welcome back to this account of the IP Security Panel at the Accellera Luncheon at DAC 2019. We’ve covered who’s seated on the panel and the moderator’s questions in the last installment (link to first...
View ArticleImproving Tests Efficiency Using Coverage Callback
When you go to the store, you walk until you get there, stop, get your groceries, and go back home. You do not start circling around the block for few rounds. You do not say “if I walk around the block...
View ArticleTraining Insights - Comprehensive RTL Signoff Using JasperGold Superlint App
Most have heard the phrase "time is money". Thinking more about it, probably the right phrase would be "time is more valuable than money". People look at their bank accounts with great attention but...
View ArticleMaster of ‘e’? Now You Can Prove It!
The knowledge and experience of using Specman/e tells everyone that you have acquired profound verification methodology. But how do you showcase this knowledge to your company, colleagues, and...
View ArticleTales from DAC: A Meeting of Security's Heroes at the Accellera Luncheon...
Figure 1: The panel and crowdCitizens—the tech world is in trouble. With the ever-expanding size and complexity of chip designs, security hasn’t kept up. Old techniques for securing a design are no...
View ArticleTales from DAC: A Meeting of Security's Heroes at the Accellera Luncheon...
Welcome back to this account of the IP Security Panel at the Accellera Luncheon at DAC 2019. We’ve covered who’s seated on the panel and the moderator’s questions in the last installment (link to first...
View ArticleTales from DAC: Cadence, AI, and You
Complexity is driving the urgency for advanced artificial intelligence systems more than ever—and that means someone has to supply the tools to create those systems. Cadence is up to the task: we’ve...
View ArticleTales from DAC: Semiconductor Design in MY Cloud? It's More Likely Than You...
Everyone keeps talking about “the cloud” this and “the cloud” that these days—but you’re a semiconductor designer. Everyone keeps saying “the cloud” is revolutionizing all aspects of electronics...
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