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Scaling the RISC-V Verification Stack

Scaling the RISC-V Verification Stack
by Bernard Murphy on 03-15-2023 at 6:00 am

RISC V verification stack

The RISC-V open ISA premise was clearly a good bet. It’s taking off everywhere, however verification is still a challenge. As an alternative to Arm, the architecture and functionality from multiple IP providers looks very competitive, but how do RISC-V providers and users ensure the same level of confidence we have in Arm? Arm … Read More


Breker Verification Systems Unleashes the SystemUVM Initiative to Empower UVM Engineering

Breker Verification Systems Unleashes the SystemUVM Initiative to Empower UVM Engineering
by Daniel Nenni on 02-28-2022 at 6:00 am

SystemUVM Language Characteristics

The much anticipated (virtual) DVCON 2022 is happening this week and functional verification plus UVM is a very hot topic.  Functional Verification Engineers using UVM can enjoy a large number of benefits by synthesizing test content for their testbenches. Abstract, easily composable models, coverage-driven content, deep… Read More


Breker Attacks System Coherency Verification

Breker Attacks System Coherency Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 01-31-2022 at 6:00 am

System Coherency min

The great thing about architectural solutions to increasing throughput is that they offer big improvements. Multiple CPUs on a chip with (partially) shared cache hierarchies are now commonplace in server processors for this reason. But that big gain comes with significant added complexity in verifying correct behavior. In… Read More


Podcast EP53: Breker’s New CEO Weighs in on the Company, DAC and the Future of Verification

Podcast EP53: Breker’s New CEO Weighs in on the Company, DAC and the Future of Verification
by Daniel Nenni on 12-17-2021 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dave Kelf, who was recently appointed CEO of Breker Verification Systems. Dave discusses Breker’s unique approach to verification of complex systems, what its future impact will be and what Breker will be doing at DAC.

The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the

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Podcast EP13: The Three Pillars of Verification with Adnan Hamid

Podcast EP13: The Three Pillars of Verification with Adnan Hamid
by Daniel Nenni on 03-26-2021 at 10:00 am

Dan goes on a scenic tour of verification with Adnan Hamid, founder and CEO of Breker Verification Systems.  We discuss the rather unusual way Adnan got into semiconductors and SoC verification. Adnan then breaks down the verification task into its fundamental parts to reveal what the three pillars of verification are and why … Read More


WEBINAR: Adnan on Challenges in Security Verification

WEBINAR: Adnan on Challenges in Security Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 06-09-2020 at 6:00 am

security testing

Adnan Hamid, CEO of Breker, has an interesting background. He was born in China to diplomat parents in the Bangladesh embassy. After I’m sure an equally interesting childhood, he got his BSEE/CS at Princeton. Where, like most of us he had to make money on the side, in his case working for a professor in the Psych lab on artificial intelligence… Read More


Breker Tips a Hat to Formal Graphs in PSS Security Verification

Breker Tips a Hat to Formal Graphs in PSS Security Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 04-16-2020 at 6:00 am

Breker security tables

It might seem paradoxical that simulation (or equivalent dynamic methods) might be one of the best ways to run security checks. Checking security is a problem where you need to find rare corners that a hacker might exploit. In dynamic verification, no matter how much we test we know we’re not going to cover all corners, so how can it… Read More


Verification, RISC-V and Extensibility

Verification, RISC-V and Extensibility
by Bernard Murphy on 02-05-2020 at 6:00 am

RISC-V

RISC-V is obviously making progress. Independent of licensee signups and new technical offerings, the simple fact that Arm is responding – in fundamental changes to their licensing model and in allowing custom user extensions to the instruction set – is proof enough that they see a real competitive threat from RISC-V.

Which all… Read More


Build More and Better Tests Faster

Build More and Better Tests Faster
by Bernard Murphy on 08-27-2019 at 5:00 am

Breker has been in the system test synthesis game for 12 years, starting long before there was a PSS standard. Which means they probably have this figured out better than most, quite simply because they’ve seen it all and done it all. Breker is heavily involved in and aligned with the standard of course but it shouldn’t be surprising… Read More


Taking the Pain out of UVM

Taking the Pain out of UVM
by Daniel Nenni on 07-29-2019 at 5:00 am

If you are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the many ways you can leverage the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), Breker Verification Systems has gone to a lot of effort to put that information at your fingertips.

A technical subcommittee of Accellera voted to establish the UVM in December 2009. UVM was based… Read More