Fundamentals of HDL (first 4 chapters only) - GodseHammam
In electronics, a hardware description language (HDL) is a specialized computer language used to program the structure, design and operation of electronic circuits, and most commonly, digital logic circuits.
The System Verilog UVM promises to improve verification productivity while enabling teams to share tests and test benches between projects and divisions. This promise can be achieved; the UVM is a powerful methodology for using constrained randomization to reach higher functional coverage goals and to explore combinations of tests without having to write each one individually. Unfortunately the UVM promise can be hard to reach without training, practice and some significant expertise. Verification is one of the most important activities in the flow of ASIC/VLSI design. Verification consumes large amount of design flow cycle & efforts to ensure design is bug free. Hence it becomes intense requirement for powerful and reusable methodology for verification.
Introduction to SOC Verification Fundamentals and System Verilog language coding. Explains concepts on Functional Verification methodologies used in industry like OVM, UVM
UVM is a standardized methodology for verifying complex IP and SOC in the semiconductor industry. UVM is an Accellera standard and developed with support from multiple vendors Aldec, Cadence, Mentor, and Synopsys. UVM 1.0 was released on 28 Feb 2011 which is widely accepted by verification Engineer across the world. UVM has evolved and undergone a series of minor releases, which introduced new features.
UVM provides the standard structure for creating test-bench and UVCs. The following features are provided by UVM
• Separation of tests from test bench
• Transaction-level communication (TLM)
• Sequences
• Factory and configuration
• Message reporting
• End-of-test mechanism
• Register layer
Fundamentals of HDL (first 4 chapters only) - GodseHammam
In electronics, a hardware description language (HDL) is a specialized computer language used to program the structure, design and operation of electronic circuits, and most commonly, digital logic circuits.
The System Verilog UVM promises to improve verification productivity while enabling teams to share tests and test benches between projects and divisions. This promise can be achieved; the UVM is a powerful methodology for using constrained randomization to reach higher functional coverage goals and to explore combinations of tests without having to write each one individually. Unfortunately the UVM promise can be hard to reach without training, practice and some significant expertise. Verification is one of the most important activities in the flow of ASIC/VLSI design. Verification consumes large amount of design flow cycle & efforts to ensure design is bug free. Hence it becomes intense requirement for powerful and reusable methodology for verification.
Introduction to SOC Verification Fundamentals and System Verilog language coding. Explains concepts on Functional Verification methodologies used in industry like OVM, UVM
UVM is a standardized methodology for verifying complex IP and SOC in the semiconductor industry. UVM is an Accellera standard and developed with support from multiple vendors Aldec, Cadence, Mentor, and Synopsys. UVM 1.0 was released on 28 Feb 2011 which is widely accepted by verification Engineer across the world. UVM has evolved and undergone a series of minor releases, which introduced new features.
UVM provides the standard structure for creating test-bench and UVCs. The following features are provided by UVM
• Separation of tests from test bench
• Transaction-level communication (TLM)
• Sequences
• Factory and configuration
• Message reporting
• End-of-test mechanism
• Register layer
What are the different opportunities for a VLSI Front end Verification engineer? What career path exists and how to build a career path in Verification of VLSI chip designs?
Sharing my experiences and Career journey as Verification Engineer
Very long instruction word or VLIW refers to a processor architecture designed to take advantage of instruction level parallelism
This type of processor architecture is intended to allow higher performance without the inherent complexity of some other approaches.
In this deck from the 2016 Stanford HPC Conference, Kurt Keville from R&D Labs at MIT presents: Introduction to RISC-V.
"Today’s server systems provide many knobs which influence energy efficiency and performance. Some of these knobs control the behavior of the operating systems, whereas others control the behavior of the hardware itself. Choosing the optimal configuration of the knobs is critical for energy efficiency. In this talk recent research results will be presented, including examples of big data applications that consume less energy when dynamic tuning is employed."
Kurt works on optimizing HPC codes for educational and institutional (R&D labs) purposes at MIT. He assesses new supercomputing hardware as part of his responsibilities. He has published in IEEE conferences and journals and he teaches embedded programming once a year. Kurt has a BS from West Point and an MS from MIT.
Learn more: http://soc.mit.edu
Sign up for our insideHPC Newsletter: http://insideHPC.com/newsletter
01 Transition Fault Detection methods by Swethaswethamg18
Fault Models
Stuck-at fault test covers
Shorts and opens
Resistive shorts – Not covered
Delay fault test covers
Resistive opens and coupling faults
Resistive power supply lines
Process variations
Delay Fault Testing
Propagation delay of all paths in a circuit must be less than clock period for correct operation
Functional tests applied at operational speed of circuit are often used for delay faults
Scan based stuck-at tests are often applied at speed
However, functional and stuck-at testing even if done at-speed do not specifically target delay faults
MIPI DevCon 2016: A Developer's Guide to MIPI I3C ImplementationMIPI Alliance
In this presentation, Intel's Ken Foust, MIPI Sensor Working Group Chair, provides early adopters of MIPI I3C with targeted guidance on how to ensure a successful and efficient implementation of MIPI I3C in their products.
Leveraging I2C as a foundation, many components of MIPI I3C will be familiar to implementers, but with guidance provided here, viewers will gain a clearer understanding of MIPI I3C’s new innovative features, how they will improve their systems, and what considerations should be made to fully leverage them.
What are the different opportunities for a VLSI Front end Verification engineer? What career path exists and how to build a career path in Verification of VLSI chip designs?
Sharing my experiences and Career journey as Verification Engineer
Very long instruction word or VLIW refers to a processor architecture designed to take advantage of instruction level parallelism
This type of processor architecture is intended to allow higher performance without the inherent complexity of some other approaches.
In this deck from the 2016 Stanford HPC Conference, Kurt Keville from R&D Labs at MIT presents: Introduction to RISC-V.
"Today’s server systems provide many knobs which influence energy efficiency and performance. Some of these knobs control the behavior of the operating systems, whereas others control the behavior of the hardware itself. Choosing the optimal configuration of the knobs is critical for energy efficiency. In this talk recent research results will be presented, including examples of big data applications that consume less energy when dynamic tuning is employed."
Kurt works on optimizing HPC codes for educational and institutional (R&D labs) purposes at MIT. He assesses new supercomputing hardware as part of his responsibilities. He has published in IEEE conferences and journals and he teaches embedded programming once a year. Kurt has a BS from West Point and an MS from MIT.
Learn more: http://soc.mit.edu
Sign up for our insideHPC Newsletter: http://insideHPC.com/newsletter
01 Transition Fault Detection methods by Swethaswethamg18
Fault Models
Stuck-at fault test covers
Shorts and opens
Resistive shorts – Not covered
Delay fault test covers
Resistive opens and coupling faults
Resistive power supply lines
Process variations
Delay Fault Testing
Propagation delay of all paths in a circuit must be less than clock period for correct operation
Functional tests applied at operational speed of circuit are often used for delay faults
Scan based stuck-at tests are often applied at speed
However, functional and stuck-at testing even if done at-speed do not specifically target delay faults
MIPI DevCon 2016: A Developer's Guide to MIPI I3C ImplementationMIPI Alliance
In this presentation, Intel's Ken Foust, MIPI Sensor Working Group Chair, provides early adopters of MIPI I3C with targeted guidance on how to ensure a successful and efficient implementation of MIPI I3C in their products.
Leveraging I2C as a foundation, many components of MIPI I3C will be familiar to implementers, but with guidance provided here, viewers will gain a clearer understanding of MIPI I3C’s new innovative features, how they will improve their systems, and what considerations should be made to fully leverage them.
Verilog HDL is a hardware description language used to design and document electronic systems. Verilog HDL allows designers to design at various levels of abstraction. It is the most widely used HDL with a user community of more than 50,000 active designers.
A brief history
Verilog HDL originated at Automated Integrated Design Systems (later renamed as Gateway Design Automation) in 1985. The company was privately held at that time by Dr. Prabhu Goel, the inventor of the PODEM test generation algorithm. Verilog HDL was designed by Phil Moorby, who was later to become the Chief Designer for Verilog-XL and the first Corporate Fellow at Cadence Design Systems. Gateway Design Automation grew rapidly with the success of Verilog-XL and was finally acquired by Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, CA in 1989.
Verilog was invented as simulation language. Use of Verilog for synthesis was a complete afterthought. Rumors abound that there were merger discussions between Gateway and Synopsys in the early days, where neither gave the other much chance of success..
In the late 1980's it seemed evident that designers were going to be moving away from proprietary languages like n dot, HiLo and Verilog towards the US Depatment of Defense standard H.D.L., known as the VHSIC Hardware Description Language. VHSIC it self stands for "Very High Speen Intergrated Circuit" BTW).
Perhaps due to such market pressure, Cadence Design Systems decided to open the Verilog language to the public in 1990, and thus OVI (Open Verilog International) was born. Until that time, Verilog HDL was a proprietary language, being the property of Cadence Design Systems. When OVI was formed in 1991, a number of small companies began working on Verilog simulators, including Chronologic Simulation, Frontline Design Automation, and others. The first of these came to market in 1992, and now there are mature Verilog simulators available from many sources.
As a result, the Verilog market has grown substantially. The market for Verilog related tools in 1994 was well over $75,000,000, making it the most commercially significant hardware description language on the market.
An IEEE working group was established in 1993 under the Design Automation Sub-Committee to produce the IEEE Verilog standard 1364. Verilog became IEEE Standard 1364 in 1995.
As an international standard, the Verilog market continued to grow. In 1998 the market for Verilog simulators alone was well over $150,000,000; continuing its dominance.
The IEEE working group released a revised standard in March of 2002, known as IEEE 1364-2001. Significant publication errors marred this release, and a revised version was released in 2003, known as IEEE 1364-2001 Revision C.
Stochastic Processes and Simulations – A Machine Learning Perspectivee2wi67sy4816pahn
Written for machine learning practitioners, software engineers and other analytic professionals interested in expanding their toolset and mastering the art. Discover state-of-the-art techniques explained in simple English, applicable to many modern problems, especially related to spatial processes and pattern recognition. This textbook includes numerous visualization techniques (for instance, data animations using video libraries in R), a true test of independence, simple illustration of dual confidence regions (more intuitive than the classic version), minimum contrast estimation (a simple generic estimation technique encompassing maximum likelihood), model fitting techniques, and much more. The scope of the material extends far beyond stochastic processes.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Normal Labour/ Stages of Labour/ Mechanism of LabourWasim Ak
Normal labor is also termed spontaneous labor, defined as the natural physiological process through which the fetus, placenta, and membranes are expelled from the uterus through the birth canal at term (37 to 42 weeks
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
1. E&CE 327: Digital Systems Engineering
Course Notes
(with Solutions)
Mark Aagaard
2011t1–Winter
University of Waterloo
Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering