Matthew Ballance

Verification methodology by day. Author and open-source developer by night. All opinions my own.

[Jose Renau @jrenauardevol]

WOSET is next Thursday (11/03/22). Free virtual registration lots of great open source EDA talks.
https://t.co/C1FJW5DIcQ

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@iamtommythorn @mguthaus @hadirkhan499 @mithro @matthewvenn I think a big question for me is how this syntax composes into something bigger. I get (after some explanation) the adder. What about the equivalent of 2k lines of RTL? Hopefully it’s more RTL-like than gate level

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@wren6991 What tool are you using to generate the program? I’m familiar with riscv-dv, but it sounds like you’re using something else.

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@dnaltews Not sure what your doc system is, but there do seem to be Python and Sphinx wrappers: https://t.co/KfOmfebo0r https://t.co/ZIBvMtPAPa

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@dnaltews While I haven't used it for a project, bitfield has always looked interesting: https://t.co/GeQKyIHAIp

[Dennis Brophy @dennisbrophy]

Accellera will host an online workshop to discuss the parallelization of #SystemC simulations on 7 April 2022. The workshop is free but registration is required. https://t.co/uUnAp31Ehh

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@amye @Mat__Savage Random, but I love that place!

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@verilab @dvcon_us Excellent session packed with tons of actionable approaches to improve the verification planning and execution process!

[Tom Verbeure @tom_verbeure]

GDBWave - A Post-Simulation Waveform-Based RISC-V GDB Debugging Server https://t.co/uObViTBUD0

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@mguthaus @Spotify Just tried @TIDAL tonight. Thus far, it’s pretty good. Noticeably better audio quality!

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@davidcelis I’ve found maple syrup works well ��� for bourbon-based drinks at least

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@wavedrom If you’re thinking about adding transaction viewing to your VCD viewer that would be very interesting.

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@field_hamster @qamcom Congrats!

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@GregDavill @adafruit That's art. Beautiful!

[Mohamed MK @mkkassem]

chipIgnite one - up and running in seconds. It is using Caravel with clock mesh patch to address timing issues with metal only changes.

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@SVAssertions @bdmurdock This will enable use cases such as creating a sequence-class instance in Python and passing it to SV to run on a UVM agent. Most important, it should make adding Python to a TB an incremental step. Stay tuned, I expect to begin writing about it soon (in the next month or so)!

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@SVAssertions @bdmurdock I'm currently working on (and have been for about a year) a more ambitious framework to enable simulation-centric cross-calling between languages such as SystemVerilog and Python.

[Matthew Ballance @bitsbytesgates]

@SVAssertions @bdmurdock Much of the performance hit in my experience is due to cocotb integrating at the signal level (vs procedure level), and not due to Python itself.