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Revolutionizing Embedded Software Development

Imperas is now a part of Synopsys

Why Hardware-Dependent Software Is So Critical

It may not be the most glamorous type of software development, but getting it right is essential for the success of any hardware platform.

Semiconductor Engineering

 

Hardware and software are two sides of the same coin, but they often live in different worlds. In the past, hardware and software rarely were designed together, and many companies and products failed because the total solution was unable to deliver.
The big question is whether the industry has learned anything since then. At the very least, there is widespread recognition that hardware-dependent software has several key roles to play:

     o    It makes the features of the hardware available to software developers;
     o    It provides the mapping of application software on to the hardware; and
     o    It decides upon the programming model exposed to the application developers.

A weakness in any one of these, or a mismatch against industry expectations, can have a dramatic impact…

 

To read the full Semiconductor Engineering article by Brian Bailey, 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:

RISC-V Processor Verification: ImperasDV with Synopsys VCS and Verdi Application Note

ARM TrustZone Platform Modeling Application Note

Using OVP Fast Processor Models with OVPsim and other simulators

Comments

  • Shubhodeep Roy Choudhury, Managing Director & Co-founder

    Valtrix Systems

    As the leading provider of commercial RISC-V Instruction Stream Generators, it is essential for verification standards for test benches and verification IP reuse to evolve.

    Adopting RVVI virtual peripherals provides additional flexibility and efficiency for our flagship verification product STING to target asynchronous event verification, which is essential for quality RISC-V processor functional design verification

  • Hideki Sugimoto, CTO

    NSITEXE, Inc.

    The flexibility of the RISC-V ISA coupled with the performance of vector extensions is an ideal starting point for AI accelerators for automotive applications.

    To address the verification requirement for our next generation of processors, we have developed an optimized verification flow with ImperasDV that our design team set up with detailed configuration options to deliver on their comprehensive verification plans that provides the industry leading quality our customers expect.