PRIMARY COURSE TOPICS

An advanced class is different than an intro class. Where the intro UVM class has a series of ordered topics building to a rounded understanding of UVM test benches, the advanced UVM class is more a list of not necessarily related topics with some of more relevance and interest possibly than others.

• DUT-TB Interface and Configuration
  • Encapsulation
  • DUT-TB Communication
  • DUT-TB Parameter sharing
  • DUT-TB Configuration and Distribution
    • Configuration object creation
    • Configuration object distribution

• Container Classes

  • Queues
  • Pools

• Synchronization Classes

  • Events
  • Barriers
• Phasing
  • Phase callbacks
    • Draining using callbacks
    • Phase awareness using Callbacks
  • Phase awareness using multiple domains
• Factory – Beyond the basics
• Configurability using Polymorphism
  • Configurable
  • Polymorphism
  • Example Polymorphic testbench
• Virtual Interface Issues
  • Virtual Interface wrappers
  • Interface proxy classes
• Virtual Sequences
  • Virtual Sequences
  • API sequence “calls”
  • Coordination of multiple interfaces
• Response handling
  • Non-virtual sequence responses
  • Virtual sequence responses
• Reset
• Layered stimulus
• Dynamic error injection
• Template Method Pattern & UVM Callbacks
  • Template Method Pattern
  • UVM Callbacks
• Reuse
• Interface (agent) reuse
  • Block (environment) reuse
  • Block-to-top reuse
• Advanced UVM registers
  • UVM register model integration
    • Direct environment integration
    • Register layer integration
  • UVM register Memory Allocation Manager
  • Extension object
  • Register model and scoreboards
    • Custom (quirky) registers
    • Backdoor access
• Performance Improvements
  • Prototype pattern
  • Memory manager
• Interface classes
• Command-line processing
• Emulation considerations
• Coverage driven testing