Press Releases

2019

April 24thAccellera Announces Proposed Working Group to Standardize UVM Analog/Mixed-Signal Extensions
February 19thTom Fitzpatrick to Receive Accellera Systems Initiative Technical Excellence Award

2018

November 13thAccellera Announces Availability of UVM 2017-1.0 Reference Implementation
September 6thAccellera Forms IP Security Assurance Working Group
June 26thAccellera Approves New Portable Test and Stimulus Standard
June 26thAccellera Approves New Portable Test and Stimulus Standard - Quote Sheet
June 19thAccellera Systems Initiative to honor Martin Barnasconi with 2018 Leadership Award
June 13thSystemC Ecosystem Gets Boost with Accellera’s New SystemC CCI 1.0 Standard
March 19thAccellera Announces Proposed Working Group to Define an IP Security Assurance Specification
March 5thAccellera Portable Test and Stimulus Early Adopter II Release Available for Public Review
February 20thAccellera Systems Initiative Honors Richard Weber with 2018 Technical Excellence Award
February 8thAccellera Systems Initiative Announces its 2018 Board of Directors and Officers

2017

October 16thAccellera Systems Initiative Advances the SystemC Ecosystem with a New Core Language Library
June 15thAccellera Portable Stimulus Early Adopter Specification Now Available for Public Review
June 13thShishpal Rawat to Receive Accellera Systems Initiative 2017 Leadership Award
April 12thIEEE 1800.2™ for UVM Approved as an IEEE Standard
February 22ndTom Alsop (of Intel) Named Accellera Systems Initiative 2017 Technical Excellence Award Recipient
February 22ndAccellera Day Opens DVCon U.S. on Monday, February 27 with Three Timely Tutorials
February 13thLu Dai of Qualcomm Elected Chair of the Board of Accellera

2016

August 15thAccellera Announces Relicensing of SystemC Reference Implementation under the Apache 2.0 License
August 15thAccellera Adds DVCon China in 2017
May 31stAccellera Systems Initiative to Honor Shrenik Mehta with the 2016 Leadership Award
May 3rdIEEE Releases the Accellera SystemC AMS Standard as IEEE 1666.1™-2016
February 29thIEEE Standards Association and Accellera Systems Initiative Renew IEEE Get Program Sponsorship
February 22ndErwin de Kock Receives Accellera Systems Initiative Technical Excellence Award

2015

August 20thAccellera Systems Initiative Announces SCE-MI 2.3
July 30thAccellera Systems Initiative Delivers UVM 1.2 to IEEE for Standardization
June 2ndBill Read to Receive Accellera Systems Initiative Leadership Award
March 2ndAccellera Systems Initiative UVM 1.2 Proceeds to IEEE Standardization
March 2ndAccellera Systems Initiative UVM 1.2 Proceeds to IEEE Standardization - Quote Sheet
February 25thJustin Refice Receives Accellera Systems Initiative Technical Excellence Award
February 11thAccellera Systems Initiative Forms Portable Stimulus Working Group
February 11thAccellera Systems Initiative Forms Portable Stimulus Working Group - Quote sheet

2014

June 24thAccellera Systems Initiative Releases UVM 1.2
June 3rdAccellera Systems Initiative Enhances Mixed-signal Modeling and Verification in Verilog-AMS 2.4 Standard
May 29thSynopsys' Yatin Trivedi to Receive 2014 Accellera Leadership Award
April 24thAccellera Systems Initiative advances the SystemC ecosystem with the release of the core language and verification libraries
March 3rdAndy Goodrich Receives Accellera Systems Initiative Technical Excellence Award
February 13thEDA and IP Standards Highlight Accellera Day, March 3 at 2014 Design and Verification Conference and Exhibition

2013

October 15thAccellera Systems Initiative Acquires Open Core Protocol Standard and Infrastructure to Strengthen Interoperability in Electronic Standards Development
September 30thAccellera Systems Initiative Enhances IP-XACT Standard with New Vendor Extensions for Analog/Mixed-Signal and Low-Power Designs
May 30thAccellera Systems Initiative Names Stan Krolikoski Recipient of 2013 Leadership Award
May 30thIEEE-SA and Accellera Team to Deliver 1801 Unified Power Format Standard
April 16thAccellera Systems Initiative Announces Standard for Tracking Soft Intellectual Property Usage through the Semiconductor Design and Development Process
April 3rdAccellera Systems Initiative Launches Working Group to Standardize Interoperability of Multiple Language Verification Environments and Components
March 19thAccellera Systems Initiative Completes SystemC AMS 2.0 Standard for Mixed-Signal Design of Electronic Systems
March 19thAccellera Systems Initiative Completes SystemC AMS 2.0 Standard for Mixed-Signal Design of Electronic Systems - Quote Sheet
February 25thIEEE Standards Association and Accellera Systems Initiative Team to Deliver Revised SystemVerilog Standard through IEEE Get Program
February 21stJanick Bergeron Receives Accellera Systems Initiative Technical Excellence Award
February 14thAccellera Systems Initiative Day Kicks off the 2013 Design and Verification Conference, February 25

2012

November 15thNominations for Accellera Systems Initiative's Technical Excellence Award Open through January 18
July 16thNew SystemC Library Now Available from Accellera Systems Initiative
June 4thAccellera Systems Initiative Unified Coverage Interoperability Standard (UCIS) 1.0 - Quote Sheet
June 4thAccellera Systems Initiative Rolls Out the Unified Coverage Interoperability Standard (UCIS)
May 30thDennis Brophy to Receive Accellera Systems Initiative Leadership Award
May 24thSynopsys Honors Accellera Systems Initiative with 2012 Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award
May 23rdAccellera Systems Initiative Hosts User Events at the 2012 Design Automation Conference
March 29thISCUG 2012 Slated for April 9-10 in Bangalore
March 13thAccellera Systems Initiative Drafts SystemC AMS 2.0 Standard to Advance Dynamic and Reactive Mixed-Signal System Design
February 24thJohn Aynsley Is First to Receive Accellera Systems Initiative Technical Excellence Award
February 21stAccellera Systems Initiative Announces IEEE 1666 SystemC Language Standard for Electronic System-Level Design Is Available for Download at No Charge
February 7thAccellera Systems Initiative Announces "Accellera Systems Initiative Day" at Its 2012 Design and Verification Conference and Exhibition (DVCon)
January 16thAccellera Systems Initiative Announces Call for Nominations for 2012 Technical Excellence Award for EDA and IP Standards Contributions