It was s great opportunity to learn from someone who has a vast knowledge and industrial experience in CPU’s, SOC’s, and software (down to assembler), and their verification. Part1 of the course is an introduction to CPU concepts and an overview of state-of-the-art CPU verification practices. Personally, my introduction to mutation testing and constrained pseudo-random stimulus generation techniques for CPU’s by taking this course were completely new things and justified the cost of the course by themselves, even though they represent less than 10% of the content!. Each lecture in the course has both quizzes and forms which helped to ensure that I understood both the concepts and their application in real-world context.

The first part of the 3 part course was offered at a very reasonable price and I have now signed up for part2 of the course which focuses on the RISCV architecture and how to verify implementations of the architecture, including demonstrating compliance.

– A private Individual investing in their career