EDN

An overview of SystemVerilog 3.1

SystemVerilog is an extensive set of enhancements to the IEEE 1364 Verilog-2001 standard. These enhancements provide powerful new capabilities for modeling hardware at the RTL and system level, along ...
EDN

The search for the perfect language

Modeling languages are too weak for electronic-system-level design. SystemC, SystemVerilog, and Verilog 2005 have many common features. The working groups hope to merge SystemVerilog and Verilog 2005 ...
Design-Reuse

Synopsys VCS Verilog Simulator Incorporates Breakthrough Verification Capabilities

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2001-- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), the technology leader for complex IC design, today announced VCS(TM) 6.0.1, the latest release of the industry's ...
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ECEA 5361 Hardware Description Languages for FPGA Design

This course will give you the foundation for using Hardware Description Languages, specifically VHDL and Verilog for Logic Design. You will learn the history of both VHDL and Verilog and how to use ...
Electronic Design

Getting To A Higher Level

Meanwhile, SystemVerilog offers a direct programming interface (DPI) to SystemC, which means that SystemVerilog code can directly call functions written in C, C++, or SystemC without resorting to the ...
Electronic Design

Verilog Simulator Adds Full-Featured Coverage Analysis And A C/C++ Interface

The latest VCS Verilog simulator from Synopsys contains built-in comprehensive coverage analysis. With it, design teams using VCS 6.0.1 can determine their verification quality before tapeout.
Design-Reuse

'Smart' verification moves beyond SystemVerilog 3.0

Functional verification is consuming an inordinate amount of the design cycle. Estimates vary, but most analysts and engineers agree that as much as 70 percent of the design cycle is consumed by ...