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Elk Grove, Calif., October 10, 2023 Accellera Systems Initiative (Accellera), the electronics industry organization focused on the creation and adoption of electronic design automation (EDA) and intellectual property (IP) standards, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the Portable Test and Stimulus Standard (PSS) 2.1. The latest version of the standard is available for…
The initial focus of the Portable Test and Stimulus Standard (PSS) was pre-silicon verification – even if the community, from the beginning, envisioned .
In this article, let me walk you through various verification methodologies we use for verifying IPs, Sub-systems, and SoCs and explain why we need new methodologies/standards like PSS.
Traceability can seem an obscure and/or bureaucratic concept to most. It entails cross-checking requirements between a spreadsheet, specifications, and the implementation and verification, rinse and repeat. From a view in the trenches where real problems must be solved, it can be hard to understand how this exercise adds value.