I can hardly believe it. I’ve been in the EDA business since 1980 when I joined TI’s Design Automation Department after graduating from Cal Poly with my BSEE. Since 1995, much of my attention has been focused on EDA standards. I reached a moment of truth this year when I admitted, albeit reluctantly, that I could be called a standards-lifer. So, I decided it’s time to share my perspectives on what’s going on in the standards arena. Welcome to my blog - I can’t wait to hear from you! Promise kept – Synopsys donated VMM to Accellera
Posted by Karen Bartleson on May 12th, 2008
The Accellera VIP TSC (Verification IP Technical Subcommittee) is now up and running, with its charter to “define standard technology and/or methods to realize a modular, scalable and reusable generic verification environment”. The group is open to anyone who wishes to participate. Visit the VIP TSC website to sign up.
In support of this important verification standards effort, Synopsys has made a significant donation to Accellera. We have donated our complete Verification Methodology Manual (VMM) implementation source code consisting of:
- VMM Standard Library
- VMM Register Abstraction Layer application
- VMM Reusable Environment Composition application
- VMM Memory Allocation Manager application
- VMM Hardware Abstraction Layer application
- VMM Data Stream Scoreboard application
- VMM Macro Library
The Accellera committee can now take advantage of the years of investment in the VMM methodology made not only by Synopsys, but also our partners and customers, to produce a standard or standards which benefit everyone.
There is a real need for standardization in the area of verification, which I talk more about in my opinion piece in SCDsource. Not only can the Accellera VIP TSC create a valuable standard, but it can also deliver a unified solution that customers need.
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Great! Now all we have to do as customers is wait and see if the big 3 EDA vendors can sit together and come up with a single standard instead of playing the blame game. I wont be holding my breath.