Workshop

Portable Stimulus Modeling Patterns (Practical Tips for Adopting PSS)

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The Portable Stimulus Standard (PSS) offers a scalable solution to the demands of SoC-level verification by enabling engineers to model verification intent at a higher level of abstraction and apply constrained-random techniques at the scenario level. This allows for automated generation of diverse test cases across multiple execution platforms, dramatically improving reuse and coverage.

This workshop will equip attendees with a deeper understanding of PSS fundamentals and demonstrate how to apply it to real-world verification challenges. Through practical examples, participants will learn how PSS can revitalize legacy flows, streamline test creation, and unlock new capabilities for system-level verification. We will cover the following topics:

  • Modeling system resource allocation and constraints

  • Modeling and automating device configuration

  • Reuse and composition of virtual sequences

  • Modeling complex coverage

  • Realizing PSS scenarios in UVM and C

Whether you're looking to extend your current methodology or future-proof your verification strategy, this session will show how PSS can help you meet today’s challenges—and tomorrow’s—with confidence.