Questa Verification IP for CXL

QVIP for CXL is a comprehensive solution for exhaustive verification of CXL-based IP and SoC products, providing the flexibility to create and cover all possible verification scenarios. QVIP for CXL includes ready-to-use verification components and exhaustive stimuli to increase productivity and accelerate verification signoff.

Benefits

• Architected for ease-of-use and consistency across all protocols
• Comprehensive stimulus and available standard-based test suites
• Exhaustive protocol coverage and protocol checks
• UVM based testbench with ready-to-use components like monitors, loggers, and scoreboards
• Intuitive debug with transaction viewing and tracker files at various levels

Features

• Latest specification and feature support for CXL 2.0/3.0
• Comprehensive verification solution for all CXL-based devices: host, device, and retimer
• Built-in analysis components
  • Protocol checkers
  • Transaction loggers
  • Functional coverage
  • Performance statistics
• Extensive stimulus from available compliance test suite for verification of each CXL layer

Supported specifications

• Compute Express Link, revision 2.0
• Compute Express Link, revision 3.0
• PCI Express® Base Specification, revision 6.0, version 1.0
• PCI Express® Architecture Link Layer and Transaction Layer Test Specification Revision 5.0, version 0.91 (PCI-SIG® Compliance)
• PHY Interface for PCI Express® (PIPE), version 6.1