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Revolutionizing Embedded Software Development

Imperas is now a part of Synopsys

Embedded Software: Sometimes Easier, Often More Complex

Dependencies and partitioning can turn a simple piece of code into a complex system challenge.

Semiconductor Engineering

 

Embedded software, once a challenge to write, update, and optimize, is following the route of other types of software. It is abstracted, simpler to use, and much faster to write. But in some cases, it’s also much harder to get right.
From a conceptual level, the general definition of embedded software has not changed much. It’s still low-level drivers and RTOSes that run close to the hardware, deterministic in nature, and time- and resource-critical. But the ecosystem around that software and the methodologies used to create it have changed significantly….
 

To read the full Semiconductor Engineering article by Ann Steffora Mutschler, click here.


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Related Resources

There are many Imperas documents available. Some of them are accessed only from the Imperas User site and are available only to Imperas customers under license.

On the OVPworld website there are many documents that introduce the various APIs and technologies developed by Imperas and made available as part of Open Virtual Platforms. Click here for the OVPworld documentation list.

Publicly available Imperas documents:

NSITEXE’s RISC-V Success Using ImperasDV and Cadence

ARM TrustZone Platform Modeling Application Note

RISC-V Custom Instruction Flow Application Note

Comments

  •  Steve Richmond, Co-chair of the OpenHW Group Verification Task Group

    Silicon Laboratories

    Simulation is central to the entire semiconductor design and verification flow, and while a processor is described in Verilog RTL, the industry standard for testbenches is SystemVerilog.

    The Verification Task Group is addressing the challenges of processor verification using the Imperas RISC-V golden model encapsulated within our UVM SystemVerilog methodologies.

  • Shoi Egawa

    CEO of SELTECH Corporation

    Imperas enables SELTECH to create new value for our customers by reducing time and cost-to-market, while improving their overall system performance. Our work with market leaders including Imperas and Imagination will help us continue to strengthen our position across the Japanese electronics market and beyond.