What is UVM and what UVM provides?

UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) is open source code that provides

• A Methodology aimed at
• Reusability and Scalibility
• Maintability
• A Base class library
• Base definition for defining testbench verification components (sequencers, drivers, scoreboards....)
• A Factory
• Constructs objects and substitutes an objects within the testbench
• A Configuration Mechanism
• A shared hierarchical mechanism database for storing and retriving information when needed
• A Reporting Mechanism
• A consistent way of printing and logging results
• Transcation Level Modeling (TLM)
• Communication between Verification components