How to close last 20% verification faster?
How you execute your first 80% of verification project, decides how long it will take to close the last 20 %. Last 20%, is hardest…
Debugging: The clues
Debugging is like being detective. Debugging is iterative process of using the following clues to close on one of the suspects. Error messages in the log…
Debugging : The usual suspects
Debugging is like being detective. Debugging is iterative process of using the clues to close on one of the suspects. Error messages in the log files…
Debugging: Being detective
Debugging is like a detective work. It’s an iterative process to eliminate the suspects using the clues to reach the cause. The detective work requires…
Full Regressions in Verification
Full regressions are ideally are required for every change. But it’s not practically possible in many real life use cases. Role of regression is to keep all…
Check-in regressions in Verification
Regressions are process to keep the passing tests in passing state. Ideally in order to do that full regressions should be run for every change.Since…
Role of Regressions in Verification
Imagine a floor of the engineers working on design and verification of an interesting DUT. Designers are improving DUT’s strength everyday by adding new features. Verification…
Debugging in the System Verilog/VMM Constrained Random Verification[CRV] test benches
70 % of asic design goes in verification and 70 % of verification goes in debugging. Planning for the debugging goes a long way. Feature…