Electronics Weekly
Both the HAPs-200 and ZeBu-200 are based on the AMD Versal Premium VP1902 adaptive SoC and built on the company’s emulation and prototyping, or EP-Ready, hardware for use with reconfiguration and optimisation software.
ZeBu Server 5 delivers scalability beyond 60bn gates, to target large asics, complex SoC and multi-die designs. It is claimed to offer industry-best density to optimise the use of space in data centres.
The Synopsys HAPS-200 prototyping system increases compile rates with x4 improved debug performance compared with HAPS-100. It supports mixed HAPS-200/100 system setups scalable from a single FPGA to multi-rack setups and has a maximum capacity of 10.8bn gates.
The design capacity of the ZeBu-200 has increased to 15.4bn gates and runtime has doubled, compared to the earlier generation ZeBu EP2. It also has up to x8 debug bandwidth and allows reconfiguration to support HAPS-200 asynchronous clocking and HAPS Protocompiler, as well as the compliance and certification use model.
Commenting on the fast turnaround expected for next-generation AI systems, Narendra Konda, vice president of hardware engineering at Nvidia, said: “The 50MHz performance we have been able to achieve with HAPS-200 has been key to boosting productivity of our software development teams.”
The EP-Ready Hardware platform supports cables and hubs for direct and scalable connectivity and can be used with “the broad portfolio of solutions for leading interface protocols through the transactors and speed adapters,” said Synopsys.
The company has also announced that its ZeBu Server 5 uses modular HAV methodology to reduce compile time and compute resources, and to enable emulation for the largest multi-die design using interface protocols from Synopsys’ proven IP portfolio.
In another announcement, Synopsys confirmed that its Virtualizer – a virtual model running on a host server connected to an HAV system, now supports multi-threading technology to accelerate software bring-up processes. One example is enabling a full Android boot in less than 10 minutes.
The Synopsys HAPS-200 prototyping system is available now. The Synopsys ZeBu-200 emulation system is available now for early access customers.
