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December 16, 2027
In 14 monthsEnjoy your final cycle-accurate regressions while they still actually run.
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split.youAI▸ LINKLOGIC VERIFYCORE 9.0▸ RARITY · COMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 14 MONTHSAI's Special Power
autogenerates complete universal verification methodology test suites
You write SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches to verify high-speed interconnect protocols. You spend eternity chasing elusive protocol-level bugs in simulation.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still intuitively guess which obscure corner-case register state caused the simulation hang.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Day 10
Large language models ingest your entire specification library to learn your protocol quirks.
Month 3
AI-driven generators replace your manual constrained-random testbench development.
Month 7
Neural networks interpret wave-viewer outputs to categorize failures faster than human eyes.
Month 12
Self-optimizing clusters run full verification loops without any human test-plan adjustments.
Month 14 · D-Day
Human verification engineers are successfully offloaded to maintainable legacy documentation tasks.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 94.5%
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Average weekly bug-hunting hours
88%
UVM boilerplate percentage
40%
Time spent waiting for regressions
Your severance
A lifetime subscription to outdated EDA tool manuals.
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