EDN

Novas linter finds SystemVerilog errors

San Jose, Calif. — Novas Software Inc.'s nLint IC coding-error-detection product now supports SystemVerilog. The tool previously supported Verilog and VHDL. “NLint analyzes code and gives pointers for ...
Hackaday

Visualizing Verilog Simulation

You don’t usually think of simulating Verilog code — usually for an FPGA — as a visual process. You write a test script colloquially known as a test bench and run your simulation. You might get some ...
GlobalSpec

STRUCTURE OF HIGH-LEVEL CODE

RTL models are structured according to implementation needs. Structuring code is the process of allocating portions of the functionality to different modules or entities. These modules or entities are ...
EDN

Translator ties Vera code to SystemVerilog 3.1

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Startup VeriEZ Solutions Inc. has announced fourth-quarter availability of EZTranslate, which will serve as a bridge between Synopsys Inc.'s Vera-based verification environments ...
GlobalSpec

Chapter 7: SystemVerilog Procedural Statements

Reflecting the syntax and semantic changes to the SystemVerilog language, this text explains the SystemVerilog "packages," summarizes the synthesis guidelines presented throughout, and contains code ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Things You Never Knew About System Verilog

System Verilog is considered the current standard for a combined hardware description and verification language, and has been welcomed with open arms since it was approved by IEEE in 2005. Its ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Find Bugs Early: On-The-Fly Code Correction For Design And Verification Productivity

The key rule for chip design and verification is that bugs must be found and fixed as early in the development process as possible. It is often said that catching a bug at each successive project ...