About Course
This course, SV.1 – SystemVerilog Fundamentals, serves as the essential technical foundation for senior Electrical Engineering students pursuing careers in Integrated Circuit (IC) Digital Design and Verification.
The primary goal is to establish a solid mastery of SystemVerilog (IEEE 1800) as the industry-standard language, focusing on both its Hardware Description Language (HDL) and Verification Description Language (VDL) capabilities.
The course uniquely emphasizes the core concepts that differentiate hardware description from traditional software programming, such particularly the concepts of 4-State Logic (0, 1, X, Z), Nets vs. Variables, and Concurrent Execution.
The curriculum progresses logically, starting with the context of the ASIC/SOC design flow, moving through fundamental syntax (Module 2), data modeling (Module 3), structural design (Module 4), behavioral logic (Module 5), and concluding with the operational mechanics of Event-Driven Simulation (Module 6), including critical topics like Blocking vs. Non-Blocking Assignments and professional testbench utilities.
Course Content
Module 0. Introduction and Context
Module 0. Course Introduction and Context

