Partners of Imperas

MIPS is a leading provider of intellectual property (IP) processor architectures and cores which are broadly used in products such as consumer entertainment, home networking and infrastructure equipment, LTE modems and embedded applications. MIPS is also at the heart of a growing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and emerging intelligent applications including autonomous vehicles.Originally founded in 1984 as MIPS Computer Systems Inc. by researchers from Stanford University, today MIPS designs have shipped in billions of units across the globe and have even reached the outer edges of our solar system.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 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

Xilinx is the leading provider of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs, MPSoCs, and 3D ICs. Xilinx uniquely enables applications that are both software defined and hardware optimized - powering industry advancements in Cloud Computing, SDN/NFV, Video/Vision, Industrial IoT, and 5G Wireless.

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

Coontec Co., Ltd. is a leading research and development company focused on embedded systems, embedded software, and virtualization technology. Coontec provides solutions and support to maximize embedded software development efficiency and quality, and to accelerate safety and security.

Visit http://coontec.com/

Posedge Software is a consulting company providing services in the areas of embedded software development and verification and hardware verification. Posedge also has significant experience integrating various tools to achieve a product flow for a specific task.

Posedge has used OVP and Imperas tools for virtual platform development, and integrated it with SystemC/TLM-2.0 environments, as well as using OVPsim and Imperas CpuManager with Cadence's Specman ISX verification product. Posedge presented a paper on this at the Virtual Platform Workshop and have additional information on their OVP Library page.

CircuitSutra is an emerging company focusing on SystemC modeling services to create virtual platforms of SoCs and to use OVP virtual platforms to provide embedded software services. Starting with the open framework of OVP, CircuitSutra has integrated SystemC / TLM2.0 models into OVP based virtual platforms, and added drivers for those peripherals that have been added to the virtual platform.

CircuitSutra have worked with Imperas on the OCP-IP Virtual Platform and 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.

SELTECH is an established leader in embedded software and systems solutions. SELTECH delivers FEXER OX (hypervisor) for the embedded market, VAI Solution (Voice and AI) for automotive and IoT services, plus training and development services.

SELTECH and Imperas have collaborated on the MIPS M5150 FEXER OX Extendable Platform Kit™ (EPK™), which includes the Imperas virtual platform based on the MIPS M5150 OVP model, running with the FEXER OX hypervisor and multiple instances of the TRON RTOS as guest operating systems.  The goal of this EPK is to help users accelerate embedded software development, debug and test.