QuestaSim - Advanced Verification Environment

 

Questa is Mentor Graphics' Advanced Verification Environment. This is designed to improve quality, productivity and predictability for any verification flow.

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Benefits

  • Standards-based solution to support all flows, secure your verification investment and enable interoperability
  • High-performance solution built on the best-in-class ModelSim simulator which supports VHDL, SystemVerilog, Verilog, SystemC, and PSL
  • Support for SystemVerilog and PSL assertions for improving quality
  • Support for SystemVerilog constrained-random functionality for improving productivity
  • Support for SystemVerilog and PSL coverage-driven verification for improving predictability
  • Works seamlessly with VHDL designs

The product range is split up into two distinct products

  • Questa SV (SystemVerilog)
  • Questa AFV (Advanced Functional Verification)

A brief overview of these two products is shown below, with the differences highlighted:

Functionality SV (SystemVerilog) AFV (Advanced Functional Verification)
Simulation Environment As ModelSim SE As ModelSim SE
HDL Languages Verilog, SystemVerilog (VHDL Optional) Verilog, SystemVerilog + VHDL
Assertion Languages SystemVerilog SystemVerilog + PSL
SystemC 2.1 Support Optional Yes
Debugging As ModelSim SE As ModelSim SE
Code Coverage Yes Yes
Functional Coverage SystemVerilog SystemVerilog + PSL
Platform Support As ModelSim SE As ModelSim SE

More detailed comparison information can be found in the Datasheets and Comparison Chart above.  

Online Demos Available

Note: Registration of contact details is required to access these online demos

 

For more information or to discuss evaluating QuestaSim please contact Saros by e-mail or call us on +44 (0)1491 837787.

 

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