Functional verification challenges have never been so great. With ASICs now in the multi-million gate range, verification engineers need to generate and manage thousands of tests, deal with frequent changes to the DUT spec and project plan, and coordinate multiple teams/sites. The Metric-driven verification methodology features planning and automation capabilities that address your toughest functional verification challenges. By attending this techtorial, you will learn how to reduce the risks that threaten all complex verification efforts.

This techtorial features verification methodology and automation techniques aimed at reducing the various productivity, predictability and quality risks that threaten all complex verification efforts.

This techtorial will cover the unique Cadence solution to this challenge through lectures, industry speakers, and case studies. It will also help you understand and leverage the latest products and flows that constitute the Cadence system-level verification methodology. This event is free and includes complimentary breakfast and lunch.

With ASICs and even FPGAs now in the multi-million gate range, verification engineers need to generate and manage thousands of tests, deal with frequent spec changes, review project plans, and coordinate multiple teams/sites. Teams must begin projects “with the end in mind” by implementing verification metrics directly tied to the specification that are closely tracked throughout the project. As metrics are captured in an easy to read, executable form, the verification process (along with all the supporting stimulus generation, simulation, and debug activities) becomes much more automated. This seminar will illustrate "coverage-driven verification" techniques that offer higher levels productivity, predictability, and product.

Transaction level modeling (TLM) is a new approach to creating designs and performing functional verification. Beginning your project with TLM provides productivity, quality and IP reuse benefits that cannot be achieved using RTL.