Functional Verification

Conquer your growing verification challenges.

Vista, Questa and VeloceThe Mentor Graphics Functional Verification platforms-Vista, Questa and Veloce-deliver a high-productivity verification flow, optimized to your requirements. Tightly integrated to provide seamless transitions from ESL to emulation, transactions to transistors, with leading support for open, industry standards, these platforms help you conquer growing verification challenges, achieve schedule predictability and ensure rapid verification closure.

Processor-Driven Verification

White Paper: Current techniques of applying test vectors from an HDL testbench only begin to mimic processor bus behavior. The introduction of processor driven testbenches into the existing verification methodology... View White Paper

Verification Management Eases Those Re-spin Worries

White Paper: When verification is not under control, project schedules slip, quality is jeopardized and the risk of re-spins soars. These less-than-stellar outcomes seem to be happening more and more often. Firsttime... View White Paper

Learn More About Functional Verification

Verification Horizons Blog

Updates on concepts, values, standards, methodologies and examples to assist with the understanding of what advanced functional verification technologies can do and how to most effectively apply them. Hear from Dennis Brophy, Harry Foster, Tom Fitzpatrick and others. View The Blog

Verification Horizons Newsletter

Provides in-depth articles and practical knowledge about state-of-the-art functional verification techniques and technology. Verification Horizons

Transforming Verification On Demand Seminar Series

The complexity of SoCs is transforming functional verification, forcing the integration of multiple technologies into a flexible, open flow that integrates a broad arsenal of verification solutions. We have created a series of online technology seminars to help you transform your verification process.

UVM/OVM

Watch and learn from the contributing authors of the UVM/OVM Online Cookbook.

Industry Segments

Mentor Graphic's verification solutions are used across multiple industry segments and across all design and verification activities from design and testbench creation to design analysis, simulation, and management.

Semiconductor & IP

  • Processors, DSP
  • Graphics Chips/Cores
  • Interface Controllers
  • Switching Fabric
  • Comm. Controllers
  • Memory Systems
  • Audio/Video Codecs
  • Storage Processors

Networking/Data Communication

  • Local Area Networking
  • Optical Communications
  • Storage Solutions
  • Broadband Solutions
  • Switches/Routers
  • Base Stations
  • VOIP Solutions
  • Storage Processors

Consumer Electronics

  • Mobile Phones
  • Personal Computers
  • Portable Multimedia
  • Digital/Mobile TV
  • Set Top Boxes
  • Still/Video Cameras
  • Home Networking
  • GPS Systems

Safety/Mission Critical

  • Airplane Electronics
  • Automotive Control
  • Medical Control
  • Satellite Systems
  • Mil/Aero Solutions
  • Industrial Electronics

White Papers

Mentor Graphics has a large library of in-depth technical papers that you can download at your leisure. View FV White Papers

Using Assertions to Satisfy Elemental Analysis

This paper discusses DO-254 and what it requires for verification (including advanced methods for DAL A/B designs), explains the original intent of Elemental Analysis, the way it is typically satisfied... View White Paper

Virtual Devices for Protocol-Specific Host and Peripheral Interfaces

This paper provides a brief genealogy of virtual devices, describes their characteristics and benefits, and presents two design applications that demonstrate its utility and effectiveness. View White Paper

Understanding electronic IP: common issues and how to find them

Using IP blocks in designs requiring DO-254 compliance is becoming more popular as a way to reduce costs and schedules. However, the use of IP comes with its own problems and pitfalls. A good methodology... View White Paper

Verification Horizons Blog

SystemC 2011 Standard Published

Verification Horizons BLOG

IEEE Std. 1666™-2011 Available as Free Download In November 2011 I blogged the IEEE Standards Association (SA) approved a revision to the popular SystemC standard, known officially as IEEE Std. 1666™-2011. …View Blog Post

Verification solutions that help reduce bug cost

Verification Horizons BLOG

I think very few engineers would argue with the claim that the longer a bug goes undetected, the more expensive it is to fix. In fact, the general rule-of-thumb is that the cost to fix a bug increases by…View Blog Post

Instant Replay for Debugging SoC Level Simulations

Verification Horizons BLOG

Instant Replay Offers Multiple Views at Any Speed If you’ve watched any professional sporting event on television lately, you’ve seen the pressure put on referees and umpires.  They have to…View Blog Post

MultiMedia

Our rich set of recorded webinars and product demonstrations can help you be more successful with our products. Multimedia

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Solutions

Low Power Solutions

The Unified Power Format (UPF) provides the backbone to our low power technologies so engineers can define power based architectures, create power aware strategies, and verify low power designs throughout the TLM to GDSII flow. Low Power Solutions