Month: March 2014

Published an UVM guide for beginners

Pedro

The last month and half that I have been studying the UVM methodology, I noticed that of all the guides and tutorials about UVM available throughout the internet, none of them reached to a complete beginner in verification.

Before starting this thesis, my knowledge of verification was very limited, it was narrowed to a simple direct tests, hand-written stimuli, and that was it. It was quite hard to find something that I could start on.

As a result, I started writing a guide that approaches verification with SystemVerilog and UVM from the ground zero. In this guide, it’s explained the most essential features and API of UVM and how can you successfully compile a complete verification environment using SystemVerilog and UVM.

You can find the guide here: http://colorlesscube.com/uvm-guide-for-beginners/

Posted third progress report

Pedro

The third report can be found here: http://colorlesscube.com/masters-thesis/progress-report-3-16th-of-march/

I started to develop a verification environment for an I2C bus basing myself on the research I did. I’m also delayed about two weeks compared to the original plan but I expect to keep up with this delay very soon.

In the next few days, the UVM guide I have been writing will be published in this website along with the code for educational purposes.