Imperas is now a part of Synopsys
Designers must carefully weigh the gains against the costs, many of which are not immediately obvious
While the ability to extend a processor is nothing new, market dynamics are forcing a growing percentage of the industry to consider it a necessary part of their product innovation. From small IoT functions to massive data centers and artificial intelligence, the need to create an optimized processing platform is often the only way to get more…
Design Verification (DV) test planning using a trusted SoC methodology for RISC-V processor verification including custom extension
Given that RISC-V is an open instruction set architecture (ISA), a RISC-V processor designer has many implementation and configuration options, plus the freedom of extending the ISA with custom instructions and extensions. While fundamentally a processor is a hardware design with the main objective of correctly…
When creating a new processor, how much verification is required? Setting the right ROI is important
Custom processors are making a resurgence, spurred on by the early success of the RISC-V ISA and the ecosystem that is rapidly building around it. But this shift is amid questions about whether processor verification has become a lost art.
Years ago custom processors were common. But as the market consolidated around a handful of companies, so did the tools…
Verification tools and golden reference model provide support for RISC-V custom instruction extensions and full processor design verification
Oxford, United Kingdom, April 21st, 2020 — Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in virtual platforms and high-performance software simulation, today announced that Mellanox Technologies a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end smart interconnect solutions for datacenter servers and storage systems, has selected the Imperas advanced hardware verification of RISC-V processors. RISC-V as an open ISA (Instruction Set…
Imperas leading proprietary code-morphing simulation technology and verification tools complemented with local support and engineering services for complete customer solutions
Oxford, United Kingdom, March 31st, 2020 — Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in virtual platforms and high-performance software simulation, today announced the certification of Coontec Design Center based in Pangyo Techno Valley, South Korea. The extensive partnership will provide customers with virtual platform design services to accelerate early stage software development and…
Recently there was a very interesting article about how companies are interested in developing their own processors, following the success of RISC-V, but verification is a daunting challenge.
The introduction, and initial success, of the RISC-V processor ISA has reignited interest in the design of custom processors, but the industry is now grappling with how to verify them. The expertise and tools that were once in the market have been consolidated into the hands of the few companies that have been shipping processor chips or IP cores over the past 20 years.
Verification of a processor is…
Recent article in The Register on the impact of RISC-V, a decade on, expanding open ecosystem highlights limits of monolithic approach to CPU design
How well does Intel sleep? It's just rounded off a record year with a record quarter, turning silicon into greenbacks more efficiently than ever, redeeming recent wobbles in the data centre market and missteps in fabrication with double-digit growth.
The company should be slumbering with all the unworried ease of Scrooge…
Imperas RISC-V reference models now available with SystemVerilog UVM side-by-side step and compare verification testbenches for RTL processor cores in leading commercial Design Verification (DV) environments
Oxford, United Kingdom, February 24th, 2020 — Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in virtual platforms and high-performance software…
Leading commercial simulation technology from Imperas combined with Mentor’s Questa SystemVerilog RTL verification platform extends the hardware design verification of RISC-V cores with industrial quality coverage methodologies
Oxford, United Kingdom, February 21st, 2020 — Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in virtual platforms and high-performance software simulation, today …