Read All About It at http://synopsysoc.org/thestandardsgame/?p=3D64!
On her Standards Game Blog today, Karen Bartleson announced that
Accellera formed a subcommittee to define a standard for verification
interoperability.
That is, Synopsys is stepping up to an industry leader****p position to
settle the VMM / OVM war.
This is the right move to do this in Accellera because it gives us
input into the process, rather than just the EDA vendors controlling
the process for their own benefit. Karen points out in her blog that
it was user pressure they heard that made them open up VMM. That's
us!
If you want to get your copy of the open VMM code that the new
Accellera working group will use you will need to wait until they get
the working group web landing page created. Karen did not say who
would chair the group, but if you want her to pass your name on to the
new chair, you can email her at karenb @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
synopsys . com.
I can't wait to get my copy of open VMM!
Of course, Synopsys is telling us that they are just doing the right
thing. But having them donate VMM to Accellera as the basis of a
single methodology library opens the next question.
How will Cadence and Mentor respond? Hopefully they=92ll join the
effort to add OVM features not found in VMM. Let=92s keep the pressure
on them.
