Portable Test & Stimulus Standard 3.1 Now Available

Advancing Verification Portability and Reuse
The Portable Test and Stimulus Standard (PSS) 3.1 introduces more expressive constraint modeling, greater flexibility for creating and customizing reusable verification models, and improved control over generated target code. New capabilities also support coordination across heterogeneous execution environments and expand address and register modeling for complex SoCs and embedded systems.
PSS 3.1 is available for immediate download >
Read the Portable Stimulus Standard 3.1 press release >
To learn more about PSS and its applications, explore Accellera's 16-part “Learning PSS” video series on Accellera’s YouTube channel.
FSL Standard 1.0 Released!
Accellera has announced the release of Functional Safety Language (FSL) Standard 1.0.
The new standard provides a common language for creating, exchanging, and reusing functional safety data across tools, teams, and the supply chain. With an initial focus on FMEDA, FSL 1.0 enables greater automation, interoperability, and traceability, helping streamline safety analysis and support the development of increasingly complex safety-critical systems.
Read the Functional Safety Language Standard 1.0 press release >
Download the Functional Safety Language Standard 1.0 >
Complete PSS Training Series Now Available

Accellera's complete 16-part "Learning PSS" video series is now available on YouTube! Presented by Tom Fitzpatrick, PSS expert and charter member of Accellera's Portable Stimulus Working Group, the series takes viewers from the fundamentals of the Portable Stimulus Standard (PSS) through advanced concepts and practical techniques for creating reusable, portable verification models.
Whether you're new to PSS or looking to deepen your understanding, the series provides a valuable resource for learning how to capture verification intent once and reuse it across platforms, abstraction levels, and projects.
For details about PSS and other resources, visit the Portable Stimulus Working Group page.
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Learning PSS: 16-Part Video Tutorial Series
This educational course is designed to help engineers understand and apply the Portable Stimulus Standard (PSS). Presented by Tom Fitzpatrick, a PSS expert and charter member of the Accellera PSS Working Group, the series builds from core concepts to practical applications.
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