Partners of Imperas

Imagination Technologies - a global leader in multimedia, processor and communication technologies - creates and licenses market-leading processor solutions including graphics, video, vision, CPU & embedded processing, multi-standard communications, cross-platform V.VoIP & VoLTE and cloud connectivity.In February 2013 Imagination completed the acquisition of MIPS Technologies.Imperas and OVP have been working with MIPS since late 2008 to develop and verify OVP models of MIPS processor cores. These models are validated under the MIPS-Verified(tm) program.Visit the Imagination / MIPS website here and the OVPworld Imperas library pages here.You can download OVP MIPS models from here.In February 2011 Imperas announced that MIPS had licensed an OEM version of OVPsim to provide to its partners and licensees.

Tensilica, Inc. is the leader in customizable dataplane processors IP cores. Dataplane Processor Units (DPUs) combine the best capabilities of CPUs and DSPs while delivering 10- to 100-times the performance because they can be customized using Tensilica's automated design tools to meet specific signal processing performance targets.

Imperas and OVP have been working with Tensilica since June 2008 to allow fast functional, instruction accurate models of Tensilica's popular Xtensa and Diamond Standard processors to run on Open Virtual Platform (OVP) based virtual platforms.

Visit the Tensilica website here and the OVPworld Tensilica library pages here.

You can download the OVP Tensilica files from here.

RISC-V (pronounced “risk-five”) is a new instruction set architecture (ISA) that was originally designed to support computer architecture research and education and is now set to become a standard open architecture for industry implementations under the governance of the RISC-V Foundation. The RISC-V ISA was originally developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
RISC-V members include processor IP developers implementing the RISC-V ISA, semiconductor vendors starting to use RISC-V cores on their SoCs, EDA companies helping with processor and SoC implementation and verification, software tool chain and OS companies working on various aspects of the RISC-V software ecosystem and software development tools companies, such as Imperas, helping with the porting, debug and testing of software running on RISC-V based devices.
https://riscv.org

Europractice Software Service is distributing several software development solutions from Imperas - for European countries.

The Europractice Software Service is an EC initiative which provides access to state of the art development and test tools for academic institutes and government funded research laboratories. Through Europractice, professors and researchers can acquire tools for courses, as well as for research projects. 

The available Imperas products are listed here. 

If you are in their territory then please contact them directly.

T&VS (Test and Verification Solutions Ltd) provides services and products to organisations developing complex products in the microelectronics and embedded systems industries. Such organisations use T&VS to verify their hardware and software products, employ industry best practice and manage peaks in development and testing programmes. T&VS’ embedded software testing services includes onsite/offshore testing support including assistance with safety certification and security testing.

Visit www.testandverification.com

eSOL TRINITY Co., Ltd. (TRINITY) is a solutions provider for the design and development of embedded software.   As a solutions provider, TRINITY provides services for its customers, distributes a range of tools for embedded software and also provides the technical support for the Imperas products in Japan.  TRINITY’s engineering team has used OVP and Imperas tools for virtual platform model development and embedded software development, debug and test for over 5 years.  TRINITY is also the developer of the OVP Fast Processor Model of the Renesas RL78 CPU.

Services provided by TRINITY include CPU and peripheral model development, platform development, OS/driver/firmware development, and integration of various tools into the embedded software development flow.

More information on TRINITY is available on their OVP Library page.

Nuum Design is an OVP partner providing embedded software / systems and OVP model development services to their clients. Their expertise is in aerospace, industrial automation and commercial broadcasting.

Nuum has found that virtual platforms are a great addition to their embedded system development methodology, and have written two white papers on the use of virtual platforms. More information can be found on their OVP Library page.

Wittenstein high integrity systems is an RTOS company that specialises in safety, producing and supplying Real-time Operating Systems and Software Components to the Medical, Aerospace and Industrial sectors, increasing application development efficiency whilst reducing risk through third party certification. Learn more about WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems’ RTOS and Middleware here.

Products and Services

• SafeRTOS — the unique real-time operating system specially designed for 32-bit microcontrollers; developed in accordance with requirements of IEC61508-3 SIL3; compliant to FDA510(k)/EN62304 medical standards; and available pre-certified by TÜV SÜD
• OpenRTOS — a small, robust, and high performance commercial real-time operating system that is derived from FreeRTOS.
• CONNECT Middleware — a feature rich ecosystem including TCP/IP, USB, File Systems and more, available tightly integrated with FreeRTOS, OpenRTOS and SafeRTOS.
• Safety Components – including SafeEXCHANGE, a protocol layer that ensures the integrity of safety critical data shared between microcontrollers.
• Board Support Packages
• RTOS training
• Professional Support and Consultancy

For information about pricing and obtaining products or services, please contact Wittenstein high integrity systems directly, or access their free RTOS and Middleware Demos here.

Magillem, the leading provider of EDA xml based solutions and best-in-class tools to reduce the global cost of complex designs, offers the only front end design solution covering Specification to ESL to RTL with the same IEEE-1685 xml design database.

Magillem software platform is used to assemble and configure the largest SoCs in the world and has proven to be the most versatile and powerful connectivity and register management environment. With its eXecutable Specification (X-Spec) Tools Suite, Magillem also enables the virtual prototyping of Internet of Things (IoT) smart nodes and systems.

The partnership leverages Imperas models in Magillem¹s X-Spec solution : X-Spec embeds the Imperas fast simulation models and documentation for all the Open Virtual Platforms (OVP) processors and peripherals, providing a seamless integration with Imperas tools to debug and analyze Hardware-dependant Software.