Watch & Learn: Accellera Videos from DVCon U.S. 2025

PSS Matures and Looks to the Future

The Portable Stimulus Standard (PSS) continues to advance with the release of version 3.0. In the DVCon U.S. 2025 workshop, “PSS Comes of Age: Runtime Behavioral Coverage, Methodology and More,” attendees learn how behavioral and data coverage can be combined to measure test effectiveness, while also showcasing the PSS Working Group’s efforts to build a methodology library that promotes interoperability and simplifies scenario creation. It concludes with a preview of upcoming features in PSS 3.1.

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Unlock the Latest in UVM & Simplify Migration to IEEE 1800.2

Discover the newest updates to the IEEE 1800.2 UVM standard in Accellera’s latest reference implementation (2020.3.1), introduced during a workshop at DVCon U.S. 2025. Learn how these enhancements improve performance, simplify migration from UVM 1.2, and support a smoother workflow. The session also covers key features like backward compatibility and new community resources, including Accellera’s public GitHub repository.

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What’s Next in Low-Power: IEEE 1801™-2024

The DVCon U.S. 2025 Workshop, “Introduction of IEEE 1801-2024 (UPF 4.0) Improvements for the Specification and Verification of Low-power Intent,” is now available to view on demand. Members of the IEEE working group provided an overview of key enhancements to the Unified Power Format (UPF) standard, addressing the growing complexity of low-power designs and the need for improved IP reuse, analog/digital co-verification, and state retention modeling. The workshop focused on the most impactful updates that support real-world design needs.

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