The Vera language is in use for functional verification for the last 5 years at over 100 customer sites. SystemC is the modeling language for use by system designers, SW engineers and HW engineers developing system level models for analysis in a C based flow. Both languages are used by customers for respective uses. Synopsys will continue to support both. Standards and Licensing Q1.
Membership is open to all and everyone gets an equal say.
Some members sincerely want the standard to succeed. Unfortunately, committees are routinely populated by individuals who want the standard to fail, exacerbating already slow progress. Closed proprietary standards , owned by a single company are available only to that company's customers. They are fast to evolve and well-supported. Other vendors are not allowed to use them, greatly reducing tool interoperability and forcing customers to create translators.