Verification is the #1 challenge in today’s SoC development
While overall project costs have risen, verification costs and risks are growing even faster, becoming the toughest hurdle for SoC development teams. In many leading companies, verification costs now account for 60% of the overall project cost, and those costs continue to rise. Traditional verification flows and methods can no longer keep pace with these challenges; engineers need newer methodologies and holistic solutions to address today’s verification needs.
Metrics are key to managing verification costs and risks
Sound metrics are critical to managing the verification process, from initial verification plan development throughout the entire verification process. By having clear visibility into the verification process, engineers can optimize their resources and manage verification costs. A metrics-driven verification flow allows verification bottlenecks to be spotted quickly and guarantees that the verification team and resources are effectively and efficiently deployed to drive toward verification closure in the quickest and most optimal manner.
Industry-leading verification technology foundation
The Cadence® Enterprise Verification Solution is built on industry-leading verification technology used by top SoC development companies. Starting with the creation of a verification plan and spanning all aspects of verification, the Cadence solution is built on a metrics-driven methodology that allows for instantaneous measurement of where you are in the verification process. Simulation, formal analysis, acceleration, emulation, and hardware-software co-verification—at all levels of abstraction—yield verification metrics that can be constantly monitored and reported. Results are rolled up into dashboards that can be monitored with specific data reported at all levels of management. Issues and bottlenecks are quickly identified and resources can be allocated to tackle the most pressing issues.
Strong ecosystem and support services
The Cadence Enterprise Verification Solution gives users access to an extensive ecosystem and verification services offerings to complement, extend, and customize their verification environment. An extensive verification IP (VIP) portfolio allows customers to get started easily with verification of standard interfaces and guarantees compliance. A broad range of services is available for the creation and customization of an enterprise verification environment.
The Cadence Enterprise Verification Solution:
- Reduces project costs: With verification automation, off-the-shelf VIP, methodology-driven scalability, and a metrics-driven approach, engineers have constant visibility into the verification process and can better manage verification costs.
- Eliminates risk: With project and schedule predictability, higher productivity, and resource utilization optimizations, engineers are assured of quality and reliability across the system and can optimize verification process management.
- Provides the industry’s leading verification solution: Process automation and management, with executable plans and unified metrics across block, chip, and full system—integrated with low-power and mixed-signal flows—support multi-specialist project teams performing verification.
- Builds on a foundation of IEEE standards, leading technologies, a strong ecosystem, and methodologies such as the Open Verification Methodology (OVM)