Protocol Training
AMBA(AXI, AHB, APB) Protocol and AXI, AHB, APB UVC Development Training
AMBA Protocol eLearning is a structured training program designed to help participants gain in-depth expertise in AXI4.0, AHB5, and APB protocols.
- 53 HoursCourse Duration
- 64 SessionsRecorded & Live
- 4.6/5Learner Rating
- 500+Enrolled Learners
Course Overview
AMBA Protocol eLearning (AXI4.0, AHB5, APB) – Course Overview
About the Course
AMBA Protocol eLearning is a structured training program designed to help participants gain in-depth expertise in AXI4.0, AHB5, and APB protocols. AMBA protocol knowledge is one of the most in-demand skill sets for both design and verification engineers in the VLSI industry. Since the majority of modern SoC designs are based on ARM architecture and rely on AMBA standards, a strong understanding of these protocols is essential for successful SoC development and verification.
This course provides comprehensive coverage of protocol concepts, features, and timing behavior from basic to advanced levels for AXI4.0, AHB5, and APB. Learners gain a clear understanding of transaction mechanisms, burst transfers, arbitration, and data flow across different AMBA interfaces. The training also focuses on practical SoC design debugging and protocol-level verification concepts used in real-world design environments.
In addition to protocol theory, the course emphasizes protocol UVC and VIP development from scratch. Participants learn how to model AMBA protocol behavior in verification environments, create reusable verification components, and debug protocol-level issues effectively. This program is suitable for VLSI design engineers, verification engineers, and freshers preparing for SoC design and verification roles where AXI and AHB protocol expertise is a key requirement.
Course Objectives
The primary objectives of this course are to:
• Build strong understanding of AMBA protocol architecture and fundamentals
• Gain detailed knowledge of AXI4.0, AHB5, and APB protocol features and transactions
• Interpret and analyze protocol timing diagrams and waveforms
• Understand protocol-based SoC communication and data transfer mechanisms
• Learn protocol-level debugging techniques for SoC designs
• Develop UVC and VIP components for AMBA protocol verification
• Strengthen skills for SoC design and verification engineer roles
• Prepare learners for AXI, AHB, and APB protocol interview questions
AMBA Protocol eLearning is a structured training program designed to help participants gain in-depth expertise in AXI4.0, AHB5, and APB protocols. AMBA protocol knowledge is one of the most in-demand skill sets for both design and verification engineers in the VLSI industry. Since the majority of modern SoC designs are based on ARM architecture and rely on AMBA standards, a strong understanding of these protocols is essential for successful SoC development and verification.
This course provides comprehensive coverage of protocol concepts, features, and timing behavior from basic to advanced levels for AXI4.0, AHB5, and APB. Learners gain a clear understanding of transaction mechanisms, burst transfers, arbitration, and data flow across different AMBA interfaces. The training also focuses on practical SoC design debugging and protocol-level verification concepts used in real-world design environments.
In addition to protocol theory, the course emphasizes protocol UVC and VIP development from scratch. Participants learn how to model AMBA protocol behavior in verification environments, create reusable verification components, and debug protocol-level issues effectively. This program is suitable for VLSI design engineers, verification engineers, and freshers preparing for SoC design and verification roles where AXI and AHB protocol expertise is a key requirement.
Course Objectives
The primary objectives of this course are to:
• Build strong understanding of AMBA protocol architecture and fundamentals
• Gain detailed knowledge of AXI4.0, AHB5, and APB protocol features and transactions
• Interpret and analyze protocol timing diagrams and waveforms
• Understand protocol-based SoC communication and data transfer mechanisms
• Learn protocol-level debugging techniques for SoC designs
• Develop UVC and VIP components for AMBA protocol verification
• Strengthen skills for SoC design and verification engineer roles
• Prepare learners for AXI, AHB, and APB protocol interview questions
Detailed Syllabus
14 modules- On-chip protocols
- Peripheral protocols
- Importance of AMBA protocols for VLSI engineer?
- APB protocol basics
- Features
- APB system architecture
- Signal descriptions
- APB transaction state diagram
- AXI Protocol features
- AMBA protocol overview
- ARM processor - categories
- AMBA Protocol basics
- Comparison of APB, AHB and AXI protocols.
- Correlating AXI with APB protocol
- Features added in AXI on top of APB protocol
- SOC Architecture - Significance of AXI protocol
- AXI architecture components
- How five channels help AXI protocol?
- Write & Read Channels
- AXI Channel handshaking
- Write Channel Signals - Address, Data and Response
- Read Channel Signals - Address and Data
- Ports added in AXI protocol
- Write Transaction Timing Diagram
- How to draw timing diagrams?
- Read Transaction Timing Diagram
- Big endian and little-endian architecture
- Wrap write and read transactions
- Narrow transfers
- Data bus and strobe relation
- Responses in AXI
- Locked and exclusive transfers
- Aligned and unaligned transfers
- Overlapping, out of order, interleaved txs
- Interconnect role in out of order transaction
- Significance of ID in AXI protocol
- AXI Channel handshake dependency
- Cacheable and bufferable transactions
- Protected transactions
- New ports added
- Memory attributes signalling
- Modifiable transactions
- Non-modifiable transactions
- Read-allocate and write-allocate
- Memory types
- Transaction buffering
- QOS signalling
- Multiple region signalling
- User-defined signalling
- Need for UVC?
- Different types of UVC’s
- Active Master Slave Passive
- Active
- Master Slave
- Master
- Slave
- Passive
- UVC usage in module and SOC verification
- Where Passive UVC are used?
- UVC integration into TB
- AXI UVC architecture
- AXI Transaction Definition
- AXI UVC component coding
- Driver, sequencer, monitor, coverage Environment, interface, slave model Transaction, assertions
- Driver, sequencer, monitor, coverage
- Environment, interface, slave model
- Transaction, assertions
- AXI UVC integration
- AXI scoreboard coding
- UVC integration in SOC TB
- Testcase and sequence coding
- Waveform analysis Assertion coding and analysis
- Waveform analysis
- Assertion coding and analysis
- Functional coverage analysis
- AHB and AXI: How they differ?
- AHB based system architecture
- AHB transfers: Various phases
- Arbitration Phase Address Phase Data Phase
- Arbitration Phase
- Address Phase
- Data Phase
- Burst transfers
- Aligned transfers
- Narrow transfers
- Incrementing and wrapping transactions
- Exclusive transfers
- Exclusive access monitor Exclusive Access signaling Exclusive transfer restrictions
- Exclusive access monitor
- Exclusive Access signaling
- Exclusive transfer restrictions
- Resp signal
- Two cycle response
- Split and retry responses
- UVC architecture
- UVC components
- UVC components
- UVC types
- Master, slave Active, Passive
- Master, slave
- Active, Passive
- UVC test case listing down
- UVC component coding
- Driver, sequencer, monitor, coverage Environment, interface, slave model Transaction, assertions
- Driver, sequencer, monitor, coverage
- Environment, interface, slave model
- Transaction, assertions
- UVC Component integration
- Sequence and test case development
- Simulations, waveform analysis
- Simulations, waveform analysis
- Functional coverage analysis
- Assertion coding and analysis
Session-wise Content
64 sessions · 52h 55m- 1AXI Protocol introduction3h 26m
- 2AXI Protocol features1h 50m
- 3AXI Protocol advanced features1h 43m
- 4AXI Protocol advanced features1h 5m
- 5VIP development concepts, VIP template coding45m
- 6VIP BFM and Generator coding, Testcase development1h 38m
- 7VIP monitor and coverage coding, Coverage report analysis2h 41m
- 8Reference model and checker coding2h 41m
- 9Assertions coding, Advanced feature implementation1h 23m
- 10AXI advanced feature implementation, Slave implementation as a slave VIP1h
- 11AXI advanced feature checking25m
- 12AXI UVC Development1h 8m
- 13AXI Scoreboard coding - 2 different styles3h 3m
- 14UVC-integration-into-TB8m
- 15AXI Scoreboard integration steps6m
- 16AXI, AHB interview questions4m
- 17AXI Interconnect development concepts6m
- 18AXI WRAP FIXED Burst Implementation concepts53m
- 19AMBA training overview (watch before starting the course)2m
- 20APB SES1 - APB protocol overview39m
- 21APB SES2 - APB UVC and TB template development44m
- 22APB UVC sequence and test case coding and debug1h 6m
- 23AHB protocol basics19m
- 24AHB Basics, AHB system architecture15m
- 25AHB transfer phases16m
- 26AHB protocol handshaking7m
- 27Arbitration phase14m
- 28AHB transfer timing diagrams31m
- 29Signal decoding26m
- 30AHB transaction example10m
- 31Burst transfers16m
- 32AHB features, aligned transfers, wrap transfers58m
- 33Questions, revision32m
- 34Features: Address decoding15m
- 35AHB master signals20m
- 36AHB features: Early burst termination8m
- 37Two cycle response8m
- 38AHB arbitration, Split, retry28m
- 39Exclusive transfers17m
- 40AHB UVC: Type of UVC, TB Development using UVC18m
- 41AHB UVC template development50m
- 42AHB UVC functional development13m
- 43Revision, questions, AHB transaction coding advanced aspects50m
- 44AHB Driver coding1h 9m
- 45AHB Responder coding32m
- 46AHB monitor coding36m
- 47AHB interface coding43m
- 48Revision, AHB responder update, AHB UVC issue summary33m
- 49Doubt Clarification8m
- 50AHB UVC issue debugging1h 52m
- 51AHB Sequence review15m
- 52AHB UVC scoreboard33m
- 53Assertions16m
- 54Implementing testcases30m
- 55AHB interview questions15m
- 56Revision, AHB interconnect SOC and IP level verification overview12m
- 57UVC-integration-into-TB8m
- 58AHB interconnect verification3h 32m
- 59Sequence library3h 32m
- 60Revision, AHB I/C feature listing down20m
- 61AHB scoreboard1h 50m
- 62Batch AHB UVC1h
- 63BatchAHB LITE UVC Development26m
- 64Batch AHB protocol: Round robin priority, start_item, finish_item6m
Your Instructor
S
Sreenivas Reddy
Founder, VLSIGuru
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What Our Students Say
Naga Sai Krishna Merugumilli
One of the best training institute in Bangalore. We can experience the quality of training. The way they are responding to every problem. Best trainers are there to teach.
Manjush Padmamma Venkatesha
The training I received here for SystemVerilog was one of the best.
It helped me out in a long run in better understanding language usage for Design Verification during my Master's program, as well as to crack most of my interviews.The small projects I worked upon here, did helped me a lot for my Masters and on the other side did improved my skills.
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I was really happy with the way the Institute has structured the course to help students to figure out their own way to improvise one's skills. Thank you for all your immense support.
Keep up the good work:)
Harish kumar
Best place to start your career in vlsi domain.
They act as bridge to help students to get industry requirements for the job.
Interms of teaching they are excellent for what we paid and get less fees compared to other institutions.
Even after course completion also they support if u had any doubts
Mani Shankar
Doctor
Best Platform for VLSI DOMAIN. The Faculty is friendly.
In videos Srinivas Sir is the best in teaching.
The Lab Session are very very Good They will clear your all the doubts.
They Conduct PPT presentations Session for students for real experience and
Mock iAnd thanks to srinivas Reddy sir and monahar sir to solve my issuenterviews
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Course presentations for all topics
- Session notes
- Lab documents with detailed steps
- User guides
- Exposure to any bus protocols like I2C, SPI, etc
- Exposure to digital design concepts
Yes. Participant will gain exposure to following aspects
- VIP development for AXI3 protocol
- UVC development for APB protocol
- Analysing AXI, AHB and APB timing diagrams in simulations
- Functional coverage analysis
- Assertion coding and debugging
Each session of course is recorded, missed session videos will be shared
- Yes, You will have option to view the recorded videos of course for the sessions missed
- You will have option to repeat the course any time in next 1 year
- Yes, Course fee also includes support for doubt clarification sessions even after course completion
- You have option to mail you queries
- Option to meet in person to clarify doubts