Electronics Weekly
It extends the Virtualizer tool suite and model libraries to Arm hardware, allowing virtual prototypes to be built, executed and tested directly on Arm-based machines.
The Native Element factor in the new tool means that users can execute virtual prototypes directly on the host CPU, rather than simulating the target hardware’s CPU on an instruction set simulator (ISS). According to Synopsys, this reduces the boot times from 20 minutes to tens of seconds for a typical Android boot.
The virtual prototypes can be replicated and aligned across development and operating environments i.e., in the cloud and at the edge. This eliminates toolchain and workflow silos, said the company, to increase flexibility and agility in development.
Simulation performance is claimed to “significantly” boost the performance of virtual prototypes to accelerate development, debugging and testing.
The new tool also offers scalability as it is able to directly map each core of the virtual SoC to a physical tool which accelerates prototype performance.
Virtualizer Native Execution also supports hybrid emulation, which combines virtual prototyping and hardware-assisted verification (HAV). It supports hybrid setups where the CPU subsystem is virtualised and the rest of the device under test (DUT) is emulated. Without ISS overhead and running natively on the host CPU, allows the tool to keep up with the fastest emulation systems (including the new ZeBu-200), added the company.
Synopsys also announced a strategic collaboration with Vector Informatik for software defined vehicle development. Synopsys’ Sliver and Virtualizer digital twin suites will be integrated with Vector’s MicroSAR embedded software and CANoe to simplify workflows and increase productivity for OEMs and Tier1s, said Synopsys.
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