UVM
CONTENTS
1. Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) – Level 1
CVC’s UVM course gives you an in-depth introduction to the main enhancements that UVM offers, discussing the benefits, new features and demonstrating how design and verification is more efficient and effective when using SystemVerilog
constructs. Basic UVM training gets the user up-to speed on UVM usage with which one can start building IP level testbenches with UVM framework. Towards the end of Basic UVM course we touch upon some of the advanced features of UVM
such as Virtual Sequencer, TLM port in-depth etc. Detailed usage of these components is dealt in a separate course on “UVM Level 2 and Level 3” from CVC.
2. Class Details:
- • Duration: 3-days full time (Can be extended up-to 5 days on need basis)
- • Prerequisites: Verification, SystemVerilog
- • Enrolling for a class: Please refer to Registration section.
3. Trainers Profiles
A. Srinivasan Venkataramanan, CTO
http://www.linkedin.com/in/svenka3
- Over 20+ years of experience in VLSI Design & Verification
- Designed, verified and lead several multi-million ASICs in image processing, networking and communication domain
- Worked at Philips, Intel, and Synopsysin various capacities. Co-authored leading books in the Verification domain.
- Presented papers, tutorials in various conferences, publications and avenues.
- Conducted workshops and trainings on PSL, SVA, SV, VMM, E, ABV, CDV and OOP for Verification
- Holds M.Tech in VLSI Design from prestigious IIT, Delhi.
B. Ajeetha Kumari, CEO AND MD
http://www.linkedin.com/in/ajeetha
- Has 18+ years of experience in Verification
- Implemented, architected several verification environments for block & subsystems
- Co-authored leading books in the Verification domain.
- Presented papers, tutorials in various conferences, publications and avenues.
- Has worked with all leading edge simulators and formal verification (Model Checking)tools.
- Conducted workshops and trainings on PSL, SVA, SV, OVM, E, ABV, CDV and OOP for Verification
- Holds M.S.E.E. from prestigious IIT, Madras.
4. Why CVC?
Factor Vendor | CVC | XYZ training company | EDA Vendor |
Training Delivery | World renowned experts | Part timers, in bet’n job engineers | Tool support Engineer |
Focus | Verification | Language | EDA tools |
Topics covered | User/Verification perspective |
Language perspective | Based on the tools strength |
How Recently Updated | Last week | Months Back | As old as language was standardized |
Verification Expertise | Yes | Depends on the trainer | No |
Can I run labs across tools | Yes | Yes | No |
Is Content Tool independent | Yes | No/Yes (Typically only one tool) | No |
Global Footprint | Yes | No | Yes |
Publications | Yes | No | No |
Post training support | Yes | No | No |
Online Technical Evaluation | Yes | No | No |
Customization | Yes | No | No |
Online Blogs | Yes | No | No |
Extended Hands on | Yes | No | No |
Code review | Yes | No | No |
Architecture Review | Yes | No | No |
Productivity Tools | Yes | No | No |
Cost | Low | <Unknown> | Expensive |
5. Our Global Foot print
6. Other Relevant Courses
- SystemVerilog
- UVM Level 1(Basic)
- UVM Level 2(Intermediate)
- UVM Level 3(Expert)
- UVM RAL
- Art of Debugging with UVM
- ABV-UVM
- Go2UVM
- Graph Based Verification
- Formal Verification
7. Customer set(sub-set)

8. Course Content
What Is SystemVerilog?
SystemVerilog is a major extension to Verilog-2001, adding significant new features to Verilog for verification, design and synthesis. Enhancements range from simple enhancements to existing constructs, addition of new language constructs
to the inclusion of a complete Object- Oriented Programming features. There are also considerable improvements in the usability of Verilog for RTL design.
What Is UVM?
Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) is the industry standard Verification methodology for Verification using SystemVerilog (SV). UVM provides a mean of doing verification in a well-defined and structured way. It is a culmination of
well-known ideas, thoughts and best practices. It is also supported by a standard set of base classes to help building structured verification environment faster. More details about the standard can be found at: http://www.go2uvm.org
Agenda
DAY1
Session 1:
- Introduction to SystemVerilog /UVM
- What is Universal Verification Methodology? (UVM)
- Why UVM?
- Transaction Based Verification
- Overview
- Is it language/tool dependent?
- Classes & OOP – Refresh
- DUT description
- Overall view of UVM base classes, structure (UML diagrams)
- UVM macros – need, basic usage
- Unified messaging in UVM
- Reporting methods
- Related macros
- FILE & LINE number printing
- Verbosity control from command line
- LAB 1
Session 2:
- Modeling Transactions
- Creating Data models – transactions
- Modeling Transactions (uvm_transaction/uvm_sequence_item)
- Related macros
- Modeling Components/transactors
- Types of components
- Typical component methods (a la UVM Phases)
- Developing Driver BFM (uvm_driver)
- LAB 2
Session 3:
- Transaction Sequencer/Generator (uvm_sequencer)
- UVM Phases
- 1.0 phasing (OVM style)
- 1.1 new phasing
- LAB 3
DAY2
Session 4:
- UVM agents (uvm_agent)
- Hierarchical grouping
- ACTIVE/PASSIVE controls
- Modeling Environment (uvm_env)
- LAB 4
Session 5:
- Creating test cases (uvm_test)
- Putting it all together
- Singleton design pattern
- uvm_top usage
- print_topology ()
- Global methods in UVM
- run_test()
- LAB 5
Session 6:
- Analysis Ports in UVM
- Publisher-Subscriber mechanism
- write() method – single subscriber usage
- Building Monitor (uvm_monitor)
- Scoreboards in UVM
- uvm_scoreboard
- uvm_tlm_analysis_fifo usage
- Usage of assertions as checkers
- Functional Coverage integration to UVM
- uvm_subscriber
- uvm_tlm_analysis_imp
- Configurations in UVM
- uvm_config_db – Set & Get
- Applications of Config-DB
- LAB 6
DAY3
Session 7:
- Advanced stimulus generation
- More on Sequencer
- Sequences – how to define new sequences
- Means of choosing sequences
- LAB 7
Session 8:
- Factory pattern
- Concept of factory
- Type based API
- Global overrides
- Instance specific overrides
- LAB 8
Session 9:
- TLM ports – theory behind TLM
- Port, export
- Advanced Messaging features
- Summary, closing remarks
- LAB 9
9.Registration
- Name, Email, Contact number of all attendees
- A coordinator name (In case of multiple attendees)
- Training module you are looking for
- Onsite or at CVC premises
- Tentative schedule – month & week (Indicate when your team is available to attend the training)