Leveraging a Unified Emulation and Prototyping System to Address Verification Requirements Across the Chip Development Cycle
Verifying and validating software and hardware has never been harder, given the continuous growth in complexity of both. This is why it’s not uncommon to see verification hardware being used 24/7. And even with 24/7 access, verification and software engineers can always benefit from having more verification hardware. Not only is there a constant need for additional systems to accelerate verification and validation tasks, changes in the number of parallel projects and the stage of each project makes it hard to have the right type of hardware for each use case.
For early hardware verification, the focus is on fast compile, easy bring-up, and full debug visibility. With software/hardware validation, on the other hand, the main need is highest performance. Up until now, engineers had to use their fixed emulation and prototyping hardware capacity to meet all tasks. This often means that the hardware isn’t optimized for the project and use case at a given moment in time. What if you can let your verification and software development requirements drive how and when to shift capacity between emulation and prototyping? In this blog post, you’ll learn how the Synopsys ZeBu® EP1 system is doing just that, and freeing users from the constraints of fixed hardware.
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- 1.8V/3.3V Multi-Voltage GPIO in TSMC 28nm
- 1.8V/3.3V I/O Library with 5V ODIO & Analog in TSMC 16nm
- ESD Solutions for Multi-Gigabit SerDes in TSMC 28nm
- High-Speed 3.3V I/O library with 8kV ESD Protection in TSPCo 65nm
- Verification IP for DisplayPort/eDP
Related Blogs
- Faster, Higher Capacity Emulation and Prototyping for AI Workloads
- Trillions of Cycles per Day: How SiFive Boosts IP and Software Validation with Synopsys HAPS Prototyping System
- Emulation vs. Prototyping -- The Performance Curve Crossover
- Samsung Foundry and Synopsys Accelerate Multi-Die System Design
Latest Blogs
- Half of the Compute Shipped to Top Hyperscalers in 2025 will be Arm-based
- Industry's First Verification IP for Display Port Automotive Extensions (DP AE)
- IMG DXT GPU: A Game-Changer for Gaming Smartphones
- Rivos and Canonical partner to deliver scalable RISC-V solutions in Data Centers and enable an enterprise-grade Ubuntu experience across Rivos platforms
- ReRAM-Powered Edge AI: A Game-Changer for Energy Efficiency, Cost, and Security