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System Verilog

SystemVerilog is an extension of Verilog that adds hundreds of new features. It began as an update to Verilog in 2005 but became its own standard, superseding Verilog in 2009. SystemVerilog has five major parts that support hardware design, test benches, assertions, integration with C/C++, and coverage/assertion integration. It provides capabilities for full chip design, verification, and analysis using a single language.

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System Verilog

SystemVerilog is an extension of Verilog that adds hundreds of new features. It began as an update to Verilog in 2005 but became its own standard, superseding Verilog in 2009. SystemVerilog has five major parts that support hardware design, test benches, assertions, integration with C/C++, and coverage/assertion integration. It provides capabilities for full chip design, verification, and analysis using a single language.

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SystemVerilog is a combined hardware description language and hardware verification language •

SystemVerilog is an extensive set of enhancements to IEEE 1364 Verilog-2001 standards • It has features
inherited from Verilog HDL,VHDL,C,C++

History and evolution of SV

• Verilog (IEEE standard 1364) – Began in 1983 as a proprietary language – Opened to the public in 1992
– Became an IEEE standard in 1995 (updated in 2001 and 2005) – Between 1983 and 2005 design sizes
increased dramatically! • System Verilog (IEEE standard 1800) – Originally intended to be the 2005
update to Verilog – Contains hundreds of enhancements and extensions to Verilog – Published in 2005
as a separate document – Officially superseded Verilog in 2009 – Updated with more features in 2012
(IEE 1800 2012 standard)

System Verilog – User View

• Has 5 major parts – SVD – System Verilog for Design • Features supporting Design – SVTB – System
Verilog for Test benches • Test bench specific Features – SVA – System Verilog Assertions • Features for
temporal and concurrent assertions – SVDPI – SV Direct Programming Interface • For better C/C++
integration – SVAPI – SV Application Programming Interface • For better Coverage/Assertion integration

Why System Verilog

Verilog Comparison

Verilog

• Used for Design Entry • Module Level Verification

System Verilog

• Module Level Design • Constrained Random Verification • Assertions/Coverage • One single language
for entire design flow

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