Understanding the Basics of OVM for Verification Web Seminar

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Overview

As a verification engineer you have probably already heard of the Open Verification Methodology (OVM) and added "The OVM methodology book" to your reading list. Whether or not you have opened the book, this Tech Talk presents a tour of the important aspects of the methodology. It will illustrate key concepts with concrete examples and make comparisons to the classic HDL Testbench methodology. Drawing on experiences gained with customers it will illustrate the benefits as well as the impact on your day-to-day work.

What You Will Learn

  • What is OVM
  • What are the benefits vs classic HDL Testbench
  • What are the mechanics of the methodology
  • What OVM will change in your way of working

About the Presenter

Presenter Image Alain Gonier

Alain Gonier Joined Mentor in 1998, his previous position was as Software Engineer in the Automotive industry writing and verifying embedded SW for dashboards.

Through 7 years in Mentor Consulting, Alain worked for major electronic European companies on-site across Europe - including Nokia, Ericsson, Texas Instruments, Philips/NXP, ST, helping them specify and implement best-in-class verification methodology using leading-edge tools.

Since 2006, Alain has been working with the European Specialist Group helping adoption of Mentor Functional Verification tools & Methodology in Europe. His day to day job is to visit customers to understand their needs and propose appropriate solutions to improve their verification flow.

Who Should Attend

  • Verification engineer using HDL Testbench
  • Verification engineers aware of OVM but never took time to look into it
Technical Instructions

Technical Requirements

What do I need to watch and hear this web seminar?

Mentor Graphics’ web seminars are delivered using Adobe Connect. To watch the seminar all you need to have installed is the Adobe Flash Player, version 8 or later on Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris. The Flash Player is already installed on over 98% of internet connected computers worldwide so you will not have to install any software prior to attending the meeting. You will be able to login to the seminar room 15 minutes prior to the start time on the day of the presentation. You can hear the audio using your computer’s speakers via VoIP (Voice over IP) and background music will play prior to the beginning of the presentation.

Detailed system requirements

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business, or Enterprise (32-bit edition)

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or later
  • Mozilla Firefox 2
  • Adobe Flash® Player 8 or later

Microsoft Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.x, 2.x
  • Mozilla 1.x or later
  • Netscape 7.x
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.x, 2.x
  • Mozilla 1.x
  • Netscape 8
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Windows hardware requirements

  • Intel® Pentium® II 450MHz or faster processor or equivalent (1GHz recommended when screen sharing)
  • 128MB of RAM

Mac OS X v10.4, 10.5 (Intel)

  • Firefox 1.5.0.3, 2.x
  • Safari 2.x
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Mac OS X v10.4 (PowerPC®)

  • Safari 1.x, 2.x
  • Firefox 1.x
  • Mozilla 1.x
  • Netscape 7.x or later
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Mac OS hardware requirements

  • PowerPC G3 500MHz or faster or Intel Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor
  • 128MB of RAM

Linux:

  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (REHL) 3 update 8; RHEL 4 update 4 (AS/ES/WS); Novell SUSE® 9.x or 10.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7, 2.x
  • Mozilla 1.7.x
  • SeaMonkey 1.0.5
  • Processor: Modern processor 800MHz or faster (1GHz recommended)
  • Memory: 512MB of RAM; 128MB of graphics memory
  • Adobe Flash Player 9 or later

Solaris™

  • Mozilla 1.7
  • Adobe Flash Player 9 or later

Additional requirements

  • Minimum bandwidth 56Kbps

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