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The '''Open Verification Methodology''' (OVM) is a documented [[methodology]] with a supporting building-block library for the verification of semiconductor chip designs. The initial version, OVM 1.0, was released in January, 2008<ref>[http://www.ovmworld.org/press_release_010908.php OVM 1.0 Announcement]</ref>, and regular updates have expanded its functionality. The latest version is OVM 2.1.12, released in AprilJanuary, 20102011. The current release and all previous releases are available, under the [[Apache License]], on the OVM World<ref>[http://www.ovmworld.org OVM World]</ref> site.

The reuse concepts within the OVM were derived mainly from the URM (Universal Reuse Methodology) which was, to a large part, based on the [[ERM (e Reuse Methodology)|eRM]] (e Reuse Methodology) for the [[e (verification language)|e Verification Language]] developed by Verisity Design in 2001. The OVM also brings in concepts from the AVM (Advanced Verification Methodology (AVM). The UVM class library brings much automation to the SystemVerilog language such as sequences and data automation features (packing, copy, compare) etc. The UVM also has recommendations for code packaging and naming conventions.