SystemVerilog

Write expressive RTL and testbenches with types, interfaces and SVA.

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Start Here
6 lessons
Starts with Who This Course Is For
SystemVerilog Language Foundations
28 lessons
Starts with 4-State vs 2-State Types
Object-Oriented SystemVerilog for Verification
30 lessons
Starts with Class Declaration & Objects
Constraint Randomization — Interview-Critical Deep Dive
36 lessons
Starts with rand vs randc
SystemVerilog Assertions — Interview-Critical Deep Dive
40 lessons
Starts with Immediate vs Concurrent Assertions
Functional Coverage in SystemVerilog
22 lessons
Starts with Covergroup Anatomy
Testbench Architecture in SystemVerilog
23 lessons
Starts with The Layered Testbench
Advanced Language & Integration
25 lessons
Starts with DPI Imports
Senior & Interview Preparation
21 lessons
Starts with Failure Triage Method
Principal-Level Verification
28 lessons
Starts with Policy Classes

About this course

This course takes SystemVerilog from language foundations to senior verification interviews and principal-level verification. It covers object-oriented testbenches, constraint randomization, assertions, functional coverage, and coverage-driven sign-off.

Learning path: Start here, then the nine SystemVerilog parts.

Suggested order. Start here first: it takes 40 minutes and sets up the rest. Randomization and SVA carry the interview weight.

New to the course? Begin with Start Here: who the course is for, how to run the examples, the words you will meet, and the PacketFIFO project you build along the way.

The nine parts

Part	Topics	Lessons	Content
Start Here	1	5	Prerequisites and paths, running examples, a glossary, the testbench picture, and the course project.
Foundations	6	28	Types, arrays, procedural code, operators, packages, and interfaces.
OOP for Verification	6	30	Classes, inheritance, virtual interfaces, IPC, and testbench patterns.
Constraint Randomization	7	36	rand, constraint operators, solver control, arrays, debug, and drills.
Assertions (SVA)	8	40	Sequences, properties, sampled values, protocols, debug, and drills.
Functional Coverage	5	22	Covergroups, bins, crosses, options, and closure strategy.
Testbench Architecture	5	23	Layering, stimulus, monitors, scoreboards, regression, and UVM bridge.
Advanced & Integration	6	25	DPI-C, bind, macros, plusargs, performance, and RTL/TB boundaries.
Senior & Interview Prep	5	21	Debug playbook, review checklists, strategy, Q&A bank, FIFO capstone.
Principal-Level Verification	6	28	Reusable architecture, out-of-order checking, assertion depth, coverage models, an out-of-order capstone, and judgment.

How this was checked

Runnable listings carry a self-checking testbench with a PASS line and are run with Verilator 5.048 or Icarus Verilog 13.

Listings the free tools cannot run say what is missing, and are never shown with invented output.

Check yourself You already write directed Verilog testbenches. Which part should you start with?

Part 2 (OOP), after a quick look at Start Here. Who This Course Is For lists three paths.

Course map

Start Here
6 lessons
Starts with Who This Course Is For
SystemVerilog Language Foundations
28 lessons
Starts with 4-State vs 2-State Types
Object-Oriented SystemVerilog for Verification
30 lessons
Starts with Class Declaration & Objects
Constraint Randomization — Interview-Critical Deep Dive
36 lessons
Starts with rand vs randc
SystemVerilog Assertions — Interview-Critical Deep Dive
40 lessons
Starts with Immediate vs Concurrent Assertions
Functional Coverage in SystemVerilog
22 lessons
Starts with Covergroup Anatomy
Testbench Architecture in SystemVerilog
23 lessons
Starts with The Layered Testbench
Advanced Language & Integration
25 lessons
Starts with DPI Imports
Senior & Interview Preparation
21 lessons
Starts with Failure Triage Method
Principal-Level Verification
28 lessons
Starts with Policy Classes

About this course

Learning path: Start here, then the nine SystemVerilog parts.

Suggested order. Start here first: it takes 40 minutes and sets up the rest. Randomization and SVA carry the interview weight.

New to the course? Begin with Start Here: who the course is for, how to run the examples, the words you will meet, and the PacketFIFO project you build along the way.

The nine parts

Part	Topics	Lessons	Content
Start Here	1	5	Prerequisites and paths, running examples, a glossary, the testbench picture, and the course project.
Foundations	6	28	Types, arrays, procedural code, operators, packages, and interfaces.
OOP for Verification	6	30	Classes, inheritance, virtual interfaces, IPC, and testbench patterns.
Constraint Randomization	7	36	rand, constraint operators, solver control, arrays, debug, and drills.
Assertions (SVA)	8	40	Sequences, properties, sampled values, protocols, debug, and drills.
Functional Coverage	5	22	Covergroups, bins, crosses, options, and closure strategy.
Testbench Architecture	5	23	Layering, stimulus, monitors, scoreboards, regression, and UVM bridge.
Advanced & Integration	6	25	DPI-C, bind, macros, plusargs, performance, and RTL/TB boundaries.
Senior & Interview Prep	5	21	Debug playbook, review checklists, strategy, Q&A bank, FIFO capstone.
Principal-Level Verification	6	28	Reusable architecture, out-of-order checking, assertion depth, coverage models, an out-of-order capstone, and judgment.

How this was checked

Runnable listings carry a self-checking testbench with a PASS line and are run with Verilator 5.048 or Icarus Verilog 13.

Listings the free tools cannot run say what is missing, and are never shown with invented output.

Check yourself You already write directed Verilog testbenches. Which part should you start with?

Part 2 (OOP), after a quick look at Start Here. Who This Course Is For lists three paths.

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