CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
30 May 2008
Company News
First Book Published on the Open Verification Methodology
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Mentor Graphics Corp. announced the publication of the industry's first book covering the widely adopted Open Verification Methodology (OVM). Step-by-Step Functional Verification with SystemVerilog and OVM is written by Dr. Sasan Iman, an industry leader in the functional verification space. Iman is a principal with SiMantis Inc. and the former director of simulation technology at Escalade Corp. whose previous books on the e verification language and low-power design methodologies have been well received by the design and verification community. The new book from Hansen Brown Publishing is being promoted by Cadence and Mentor Graphics on the OVM World Web site (http://www.ovmworld.org) to help the OVM community better understand and use the popular methodology.
Step-by-Step Functional Verification with SystemVerilog and OVM provides a complete guide and reference for adopting an effective functional verification methodology, learning the SystemVerilog language, and using SystemVerilog and the OVM library for building a verification environment for a realistic design example. With more than 500 pages of original technical content, none of which duplicates the documentation already available on OVM World, the book is unprecedented in both the breadth and depth of its information on advanced verification.
"Dr. Iman brings together all the essential elements to understand the use and application of the OVM," said Dennis Brophy, director of Strategic Business Development at Mentor Graphics. "This book has everything design and verification engineers would want to know to apply the OVM to their most pressing challenges."
"The OVM is one of the most quickly and widely adopted new solutions ever for verifying complex chips," said Ted Vucurevich, CTO at Cadence. "This book walks the reader through the OVM as well as the SystemVerilog language constructs upon which it is built. The breadth of this book and its pragmatic approach make it an invaluable resource for both novice and experienced verification engineers."
"This book fulfills the need for education in two critical areas: SystemVerilog verification and the OVM," said James Baldwin, Staff Verification Engineer at Qualcomm Incorporated. "The blending of these topics in a single book provides a unique and efficient source for any verification engineer who wants to rapidly learn these leading-edge concepts and put them to use with a solid understanding."
"The level of industry interest in the OVM is just amazing," said J.L. Gray, owner of the popular and influential Cool Verification blog (http://www.coolverification.com) "I know many companies who will eagerly welcome this book as a way to jump-start their OVM usage and their move to the most advanced verification techniques and methodology available today."
Availability
Step-by-Step Functional Verification with SystemVerilog and OVM is now available for ordering at either of the following sites:
http://www.amazon.com/Step-step-Functional-Verification-SystemVerilog/dp/0981656218
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