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Embracing UVM for FOSSi Design Verification
Open source communities emphasize reuse and collaboration centered around open and standard data formats. While open source communities do exist in cases where closed-source tools provide the sole implementation of a standard, these communities have significa…
Introducing SV/UVM to Python Development Tools
Over the past few posts, we've examined the details of dynamically interacting with a SystemVerilog/UVM environment from Python. We can access the component hierarchy of a UVM testbench, read and write the value of sequence-item fields, and run sequences from…
Working with Analysis Ports
For the most part, UVM and SystemVerilog make interactions with a dynamically-typed language surprisingly easy. There are a few exceptions where the developer of the SystemVerilog UVM code must step in to enable access to certain testbench elements. Analysis …
Accessing User-Defined SV Data from Python
We've seen how the [PyHDL-IF](http://github.com/fvutils/pyhdl-if) library makes it simple to implement UVM sequences and components in Python, and how Python can call back into SystemVerilog. But, a significant part of a testbench deals with user-defined data…
The Mechanics of UVM/Python Cross-Calling
It's not necessary to understand very much about how PyHDL-IF implements the bridge between Python and UVM, but useful to understand a bit. Doing so helps to understand what this library is and is not intended to do, and how you can best use it in your verifi…
Unlocking the Combined Strength of UVM and Python
UVM and Python are often positioned as rivals when it comes to their role in functional verification, with teams picking one or the other as the basis for a verification environments. Each have strengths, though, and using them together produces much strong…
Zuspec: Pythonic Model-Driven Hardware Development
Designing and implementing hardware is challenging, and is getting more difficult each year as systems become more complex. Design and verification teams are looking to boost productivity as a way to keep pace, while also looking for ways to provide models …
AI: Instigating a Developer Docs Renaissance?
There's been lots of discussion about the future of writing in the AI age. LLMs have shown their potential as a tool by helping authors of many genres brainstorm ideas, rough out content, and more. But, this automation comes with questions attached. If writin…
Re-Evaluating EDA DSLs: Becoming the Compiler
A key benefit of full languages is having full control over processing the language: being the compiler. Having full control over language processing is exactly what enables us target simulation and FPGA bitstream with the same SystemVerilog source simply by …
Re-Evaluating EDA DSLs in the AI Era
I've been looking for a new hardware-centric design language for the last couple of years. Or, more precisely, I've been looking for a hardware-centric design language that would allow me to realize my ideal silicon design flow. - Must support using the same…