New additions to the Verification Academy Module library; 6 sessions of Intelligent Testbench Automation.

Sessions include:

• Integrating iTBA into an Existing Set of Directed Tests

This session describes integrating Intelligent Testbench Automation into a directed test environment, re-using existing directed test code, and achieving >10X more functional coverage.

• Integrating iTBA into an 'e' Environment

This session describes integrating Intelligent Testbench Automation into an 'e' environment, re-using existing eVCs, and achieving functional coverage >10X faster.

• Integrating iTBA into a SystemC Environment

This session describes integrating Intelligent Testbench Automation into a SystemC environment, re-using existing SystemC VIP, and achieving functional coverage >10X faster.

• Distributed Simulation for Even Faster Functional Coverage

This session describes how Intelligent Testbench Automation can distribute its process across a network of simulation servers, to achieve functional coverage goals even faster. iTBA realizes nearly linear results (i.e. 100 servers achieves better than 95X improvement), as overhead is less than 5%, and no redundant work is performed by each server. Automatic allocation of work, load balancing, and coverage monitoring will also be discussed.

• Applications of Configurable Graphs

This session describe show configurable graphs can be developed to support broad re-use and to allow stimulus to be easily focused on specific areas without modifying the graph source.

• Applications of Reactive Graphs

This session describes how graphs can be made dynamically reactive to opportunistically target coverage that depends on testbench or DUT state.