[Mark] starts a post from a bit ago with: “… maybe you have also heard that SystemVerilog is simply an extension of Verilog, focused on testing and verification.” This is both true and false, ...

SystemVerilog was developed as an extension to the widely used Verilog hardware description language. In addition to new design constructs that bring the language to a higher level of abstraction, it ...

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 ...

Standards, and their enhancement, are a sign of a technology's maturation. For the Verilog hardware description language (HDL), the latest stage in maturation is SystemVerilog 3.0, which has been ...

A sure sign that a design language is making its way into the mainstream is the appearance of a spate of tools supporting it. For SystemVerilog devotees, the latest good news is the commercial ...

Let’s say you have a block you need to verify. How do you know that the stimulus you are about to use is exhaustive enough and that you have covered the necessary scenarios/situations to prove it is ...