If you work in hardware verification, you’ve probably heard about simulation, emulation, and prototyping. You probably already know what simulation is: you run your RTL design on your computer and test it using a verification environment. But what about emulation and

In the world of hardware design, you’ve probably heard the terms System-on-Chip (SoC) and chiplets. Both are critical to how modern devices are built, but they take very different approaches to solving design challenges. So, what’s the difference? And why are

Many years ago, my first project was related to PCIe Gen 3. Before that, I only encountered simple protocols UART, JTAG, and APB. I still remember opening the PCIe spec, which had more than thousands of pages of hieroglyphs. How

"But why can't I just use our UVM testbench to verify SoC behavior?" I often hear junior engineers or those who have not worked on SoC verification before, asking some variant of this question. In this article, I attempt to very simplyexplain

Recently, I noticed I often have to remind myself of the proper usage and key features of various protocols. I’ve put together a high-level overview of the common protocols used in modern electronic systems to simplify things.     For further details, a quick