OVM Innovation Means Business
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Adam Sherer
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November 3, 2009
Today, Cadence recognized it's OVM team for their innovative contribution to the Cadence enterprise starting in 2008. Why enterprise? To me, enterprise is the most exciting part because it underscore how the OVM has rallied all of Cadence verification
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Why Verification Engineers Are Like Football Players
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Adam Sherer
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October 30, 2009
Is it their raw power? Is it the cheerleaders? Why are verification engineers like football players? It's because they know how to squeeze the maximum performance out of their resources to win the verification game. Charlie Dawson, Senior Engineering
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Where’s The “You” In The OVM?
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Adam Sherer
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October 27, 2009
Cadence and Mentor have dedicated teams to the development and support of the OVM and you, our user community, have literally tens of thousands of developers dedicated to developing reusable VIP with it. But where do “you” and the OVM meet
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Why OVM? John Aynsley of Doulos Has 10 Reasons
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Adam Sherer
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October 22, 2009
Believe it or not, sometimes a marketing guy just needs to say less. It's true. It does happen. Sometimes we do just get right to the point. Yeah, we do blather on sometimes but ... oops, there I go again. Just listen to John. He has 10 great reasons
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Using Vera is like Speaking Sumerian – Who’s Left to Understand?
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Adam Sherer
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September 30, 2009
Just like natural languages, non-standard verification languages can fade away. Sure, ancient Sumerian exists in the Code of Hammurabi , but all modern law is written in living languages. Similarly, verification environments and VIP still exist in Vera
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Verification is a Sprint and a Marathon!
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September 30, 2009
Verification engineers have updated an old adage to discribe their projects: Verification is both a sprint and a marathon! We need to optimize everything from single simulation runs to the complete suite of regression tests and every task in between.
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Write Right OVM Verification Components
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Adam Sherer
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July 17, 2009
The OVM provides the most comprehensive reuse if you follow the methodology it prescribes. While its unique built-in classes are the technical heart of the reuse, you still have to write your own components. Now you have the new Paradigm Works OVC Template
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Xilinx SoC FPGAs Ideal Fit For OVM and MDV
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Adam Sherer
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June 24, 2009
Processor-based FPGAs represent 40% of all the design starts today and will rise to > 50% in 2011 (Gartner, March 2009). In the same time period, the number of ASIC-based SoC starts is about an order of magnitude smaller. Sure, many of the FPGA starts
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VCS Runs OVM -- 2 Years Late, But Welcome None the Less
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Adam Sherer
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June 18, 2009
Something seems to have changed in the Synopsys VCS simulator; the Web2.0 world is buzzing this week about the OVM running on VCS. We first saw a post on the LinkedIn " OVM Professionals Network "on Monday June 15. Today we saw a more detailed
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Users Report on OVM in a Multi-Language World: Results From DVCon
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Adam Sherer
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March 12, 2009
The OVM user reports from Xilinx, SiRF, and ST at the DVCon luncheon were real engineer-to-engineer presentations, not the shiny presentations this marketing guy is accustomed to giving. While my partners in blogging have reported on the OVM in a Multi
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