Vendor: Siemens Tessent Embedded Analytics Category: Debug Trace

Tessent Static Instrumentation

The Tessent Embedded Static Instrumentation module provides a nonintrusive mechanism for code instrumentation.

Overview

The Tessent Embedded Static Instrumentation module provides a nonintrusive mechanism for code instrumentation. Software engineers can insert watchpoints in the code that trigger messages on Tessent Embedded Analytics subsystem. This enables execution flow debug, as well as more sophisticated uses such as collecting software instrumentation trace data from operating system APIs. Embedded software can pass data to a debug host as well as causing real-time events to cross trigger with other Tessent Embedded Analytics modules.

All Tessent Embedded Analytics monitors (IPs), can be accessed via a dedicated, secure communication infrastructure. Non-intrusive debug and monitoring using an off-chip host or debugger is facilitated through USB 2, USB 3, JTAG, or Aurora interfaces. Embedded software can drive the system via an AXI interface to create a self-contained on-chip monitoring system.

Key features

  • Provides a communication path for embedded software to pass data to the debug host for analysis and visualization
  • Watchpoints can be inserted in software with minimal effect on runtime code
  • Can pass out parameters from SoC to debugger when a watchpoint is reached. This increases visibility and makes it possible to pass out larger data structures without calling on trace

Benefits

  • Accelerate SoC debug and SW development
  • Identify and resolve hard-to-identify bugs significantly faster compared to traditional software-only solutions
  • Root-cause performance degradations and memory corruption
  • Better visibility and analytics
  • Integrated part of the Tessent Embedded Analytics whole system solution

What’s Included?

  • Parameterized soft core (Verilog RTL)
  • Available UVM verification IP
  • Optional Tessent SystemInsight IDE software
  • Optional Tessent Embedded SDK software development kit

Files

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Specifications

Identity

Part Number
Tessent Static Instrumentation
Vendor
Siemens Tessent Embedded Analytics
Type
Silicon IP

Provider

Siemens Tessent Embedded Analytics
HQ: USA
Tessent Embedded Analytics is the industry leader in RISC-V trace and debug, and enables system-wide real-time debug and post deployment analytics for complex SoCs. Tessent Embedded Analytics helps manufacturers of RISC-V based designs and complex SoCs combat escalating validation cost. A powerful combination of on-chip instrumentation and software tools enables functional monitoring, performance analysis and thread detection. The solution is processor-agnostic and provides visibility and analytics in the lab and when systems are deployed in the field.

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