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SpringSoft turns the power of Verdi on SystemVerilog test benches

SystemVerilog was supposed to be such a boon to verification engineers. By providing a Verilog-like language with extensions that made it easy to write transactors, assertions, and checkers, the ...
Design-Reuse

Using Tcl to create a virtual component in Verilog

It has long been a goal to put realistic prototypes or models into system developer's hands as soon as possible. This has been accomplished with FPGAs, C language models and sometimes co-simulation ...
Electronic Design

Development Environment Supports Mixed C++ And HDL Test Benches

TestBencher Pro v8.0 adds support for mixed C++ and hardware description language (HDL) test benches using the open standard TestBuilder library. This library offers useful verification capabilities, ...
Electronic Design

Testbench Automation Tool Provides Tight Links To Verilog Simulation

Faster runtime performance, real-time access to built-in Verilog simulation coverage metrics, and a unified graphical environment for waveform analysis are all ...