HW/SW Co-Verification
An SOC is really ready to ship when the complete application works, not just when hardware simulations pass regressions. In other words, the ultimate test for a chip is to see it perform its application correctly and completely. That means execute the embedded software together with the RTL, but traditional simulation runs out of steam trying to process such volumes of data.
ZeBu is the only "Visible Silicon Platform", offering:
- Virtual components can easily be assembled and configured to build a complete platform, with all interfaces, devices and peripherals required for application execution
- Execute and debug software while synchronized with hardware waveforms, so that you can see software registers or key buses respond to actual software drivers and applications
- Immediately pinpoint and locate problems and malfunctions in a system simulation of billions of cycles, through hardware monitors and traces, as well as enabling all of the standard software debuggers features
- Analyze, benchmark and measure the performance of key components over long stress scenarios
ZeBu has the speed to simulate the full application, plus the unique co-debug environment that allows both hardware and software debugging. Hardware designers have access to waveforms of the chip, while software developers use their standard software debugger, typically connected through some kind of JTAG interface to the chip. ZeBu's unique technology, by synchronizing simulataneous hardware and software views, allows for very easy debug of low-level software, initialization vectors and device drivers.
SEE ALSO
- Demo: Linux Boot
- Product: Embedded Processor Models
- Solution: Transaction-Level Modeling
Visible Silicon Platform
By providing a common platform for the software and hardware team to work from, ZeBu is a great vehicle to deliver your complete SOC with functioning software ahead of schedule and eliminate the need for last-minute software workarounds.
ZeBu offers complete solutions for ARM, MIPS, Tensilica, ARC, Power and Texas Instruments based SOCs and can also support any other custom processors.