An Introduction to Functional Verification of I2C Protocol using UVM

Abstract

The fabrication technology advancements lead to place more logic on a silicon die which makes verification more challenging task than ever. The large number of resources is required because more than 70% of the design cycle is used for verification. Universal Verification Methodology was developed to provide a well structured and reusable verification environment which does not interfere with the device under test (DUT). This paper contrasts the reusability of I2C using UVM and introduces how the verification environment is constructed and test cases are implemented for this protocol.