Introducing UVM TB Templates

Introduction

Starting a new RTL verification project with UVM? Tired of building test environments from scratch every time? You’re not alone! I’ve felt that pain, and that’s why I’m excited to announce the release of UVM Testbench Templates, a project designed to give you a significant head start in your verification efforts.

Motivation

In modern, coverage-driven verification, progress often stalls until the test environment is fully developed. The more time you spend on setup, the longer your overall project timeline becomes. The solution? A set of generic UVM test environments that can be easily customised for any project.

How to use UVM TB Templates

UVM TB Templates is available as a public repository on Github.

UVM TB Templates currently supports 2 templates.

Generic uvm test env with only one uvm_agent (active) without coverage support available on main branch.

Above template with coverage support available on coverage branch.

In addition to that the repository also contains an runnable example created with template 1 present in main branch.

Visit the Github repo and choose the template you want to use.

Using the templates is straightforward. Each template has its own directory with a README file. This README contains the git clone command you need. Simply copy and paste it into your terminal to download the template. The downloaded template includes its own README with step-by-step setup instructions. Follow these instructions, and you’ll have a functional test environment ready to go.

License

UVM TB TEMPLATES © 2025 by Jyothikrishna is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Contribute to UVM TB Templates

Currently UVM TB Templates only has 2 templates which might not be able to address the needs of all the RTL Verification engineers out there.

I believe in Open source! If you have a template you’d like to share or suggestions for improvements, please open a pull request. Additionally you can reach out to me at [e-mail].