Iron Bugs Out Of ARM-Based Wireless Systems

July 9, 2007
The iSolve products use fast, high-fidelity models, which replace custom hardware prototypes with hardware-assisted, system-level verification solutions. With the inclusion of one or more models in a design, system verification can be performed at

The iSolve products use fast, high-fidelity models, which replace custom hardware prototypes with hardware-assisted, system-level verification solutions. With the inclusion of one or more models in a design, system verification can be performed at megahertz speeds using transaction-based acceleration or in-circuit emulation from Mentor's recently announced Veloce product.

By using iSolve products with ARM RealView Core Tiles and soft macrocell models, customers can take advantage of a powerful, hardware-assisted, co-verification environment that speeds execution times by up to 10,000 times that of regular software simulators. In particular, iSolve products for the ARM architecture are based on fully validated models, created by ARM and delivered to Mentor. In addition, they provide a connection to the ARM debug tools, such as RealView ICE, for detailed software debugging.

Because iSolve products for the ARM architecture are based on a full model of the ARM processor represented in hardware, they execute significantly faster than equivalent software models. This allows designers to readily run large amounts of software code against their hardware and expose design flaws early in the verification process.

Contact Mentor directly for pricing and delivery information.

Mentor Graphics

www.mentor.com

About the Author

David Maliniak | MWRF Executive Editor

In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.

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