{"product_id":"writing-testbenches-using-systemverilog","title":"Writing Testbenches using SystemVerilog","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you survey hardware design groups  you will learn that between 60% and 80% of their effort is dedicated to verification. This may seem unusually large  but I include in \"verification\" all debugging and correctness checking activities  not just writing and running testbenches. Every time a hardware designer pulls up a waveform viewer  he or she performs a verification task. With todays ASIC and FPGA sizes and geometries  getting a design to fit and run at speed is no longer the main challenge. It is to get the right design  working as intended  at the right time. Unlike synthesizable coding  there is no particular coding style nor language required for verification. The freedom of using any l- guage that can be interfaced to a simulator and of using any features of that language has produced a wide array of techniques and approaches to verification. The continued absence of constraints and historical shortage of available expertise in verification  c- pled with an apparent under-appreciation of and under-investment in the verification function  has resulted in several different ad hoc approaches. The consequences of an informal  ill-equipped and understaffed verification process can range from a non-functional design requiring several re-spins  through a design with only a s- set of the intended functionality  to a delayed product shipment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44953400705077,"sku":"ByrdShop_0387292217","price":148.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780387292212.jpg?v=1770233356","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/writing-testbenches-using-systemverilog","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}