DVClub goes National on “Verification Management”

The next DVClub meeting will be co-located in Bristol and Cambridge with a video link enabling more engineers to participate, a wider range of speakers and remote access.

Topics:

• An Introduction and Welcome to the Computing Laboratory at the University of Cambridge
• Using a MySQL Database System for Verification Management
• UCIS, The Unified Coverage Interoperability Standard
• Managing Verification at ARM

Venues:

The first national event will run on September 14th from 11.30 to 14.00 at:

• University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Bristol (room 2Q49, please use Car Park 10) - Map
• University of Cambridge, lecture theatre 2, William Gates Building (some parking available, or use Park and Ride nearby and walk to the building) - Map

Registration

Don’t miss out – register now for this free event by emailing Mike Bartley.
This event is sponsored by Mentor Graphics, UWE, University of Cambridge, the NMI and TVS

Agenda:

There is an excellent line up of top class speakers and topics:

11.30 - Networking, drinks and buffet

12.00 - Introduction and survey results, Mike Bartley, TVS

• Mike will introduce the event and give the results from the survey which participants are asked to complete prior to the event

12.10 - David Greaves, University of Cambridge - An Introduction and Welcome to the Computing Laboratory

12.15 - Thomas Gmeinder, XMOS - A MySQL Database System for Verification Management

• Thomas will present a home-grown MySQL database system for verification management of all verification project phases. The verification system is centered around a MySQL database to store the feature hierarchy, tests and regression results.

12.30 - Darron May, Mentor Graphics - UCIS, The Unified Coverage Interoperability Standard

• During late 2008, Accellera formed the Unified Coverage Interoperability technical subcommittee tasked with creating a consistent way to quantify and share coverage data for the current and next generation of EDA tools. In June 2009, they approved technology that will be developed for the unified coverage API standard. This presentation will give a brief overview of the UCIS activities to date and a high level view of what the API will bring.

12.50 - Bryan Dickman, ARM - Managing Verification at ARM

• Abstract to follow

13.30 - Audience Q&A with Presenters

• (remote users can ask questions too)

13.40 - Networking, drinks and buffet

14.00 - Close