Cadence Xcelium part-1

About this assessment

This assessment offers a comprehensive exploration into Cadence's Xcelium verification platform and its pivotal role within the broader Cadence Verification Suite. Designed for verification engineers, designers, and students looking to sharpen their simulation and debugging skills, the course covers everything from fundamental Xcelium concepts and essential commands to advanced compilation and simulation techniques. Participants will also learn practical strategies for interactive debugging using tools like KnoWaveform with SimVision, ensuring they can diagnose and resolve design issues effectively. Additionally, the course introduces UVM, equipping learners with industry-standard methods for developing robust testbenches. Whether you're refining your existing expertise or venturing into new areas of verification, this assessment provides the critical insights and hands-on experience needed to excel in today’s dynamic design environment.

This section features questions assessing a detailed understanding of the role of Xcelium in the verification process and its integration within the Cadence suite tools including UVM, Incisive, and JasperGold. The questions are designed to challenge the depth of your comprehension regarding simulation performance, integration strategies, and the nuances of advanced verification methodologies.

This section tests advanced knowledge on Xcelium tools, focusing on compilation using xmvlog for Verilog, xmvhdl for VHDL, design elaboration with xmelab, simulation execution with xmsim, and unified mixed-language flows using xrun.

This section comprises Advanced questions that test the in-depth understanding of key Xcelium commands and options used during simulation tasks, covering command execution, flags for source file lists, simulation reuse, optimization, standard specification, debugging, randomization controls, macro definitions, verbosity control, and waveform dumping.

This section tests your understanding of waveform debugging in Xcelium using SimVision, focusing on FSDB, VCD, and SHM waveform formats. The questions address the nuances of each format, conversion challenges, and performance considerations in an advanced setting.

This section covers advanced features of Xcelium including the use of -linedebug for step-by-step code execution and the effective setting of breakpoints during interactive debugging. The questions focus on in-depth understanding and application of these debugging strategies beyond the basic level.

This section probes advanced understanding in UVM testbench creation covering sequences, agents, scoreboards, Transaction-Level Modeling (TLM), UVM phases (build, run, report), and the usage of Xcelium UVM options.