Peggy Aycinena (freelance journalist and Editor of EDA Confidential at www.aycinena.com) interviewed Simon Davidmann (Imperas CEO) on EDACafe about the recent Imperas Tutorial at DAC 2017 on Virtual Platform Based Linux Bring Up Methodology. 

The discussion was wide-ranging and they also covered IP, operating systems, embedded / hardware-dependent software, and more.

To read the interview on EDACafe, please visit:…

Five Minutes With… Larry Lapides, vice president, Imperas

The best CPU architecture in the world won’t do you much good if the ecosystem falls flat.

RISC-V, the new kid on the block when it comes to instruction-set architectures (ISAs), is up against that stumbling block right now - it needs tools to not just survive, but to thrive.

In this week's Five Minutes with…discussion, Rich Nass of Embedded Computing Design and Larry Lapides, VP of Imperas talked about the present and future of the RISC-V ecosystem  ...…

The 6th RISC-V Workshop was held May 8-11 in Shanghai.   RISC-V is, of course, the open-source processor architecture invented and introduced by the University of California, Berkeley in 2014. The previous workshop, held last November in Silicon Valley, attracted around 350 participants; this workshop about the same.

The opening statement of the Imperas presentation at the workshop was "The size of the RISC-V market share will depend more on the software ecosystem than on specifics of RISC-V…

New Release Doubles Performance, Adds ARM, Imagination Technologies, RISC-V and Renesas Models, Features Virtual Prototype Modeling Tool

Oxford, United Kingdom, May 23, 2017 - Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in high-performance software simulation, today announced a new software release, focused on enhanced solutions across automotive, IoT, security and other markets, and extending Imperas’ leadership in virtual prototyping.

Highlights include:

• 2x performance improvement in simulation, for fast virtual platform execution to help embedded software developers run more tests in less time.

• New Open Virtual…

Latest OVP Models and Virtual Prototype Software Release with iGen, Available Now

Oxford, United Kingdom, May 23, 2017 - Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in high-performance software simulation, today announced the availability of new Open Virtual Platforms (OVP) models for ARM, Imagination Technologies, RISC-V and Renesas processors, along with a new OVPsim software release including the iGen modeling tool.

For embedded software and hardware developers, virtual platforms are increasingly important, especially for multi-core designs. These new OVP library models, for ARM’s ARMv8.1 architecture for the Cortex-A family, Imagination…

Virtual Prototyping in Demonstrations of Software Development Using Continuous Integration and Jenkins, Debug and Test, and a Tutorial on Linux Bring Up on Heterogeneous Multiprocessor SoCs

Oxford, United Kingdom, May 22, 2017 - Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in high-performance software simulation, today announced their participation at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2017, inviting developers of electronic products to register for a demonstration of Imperas virtual platforms for embedded software and systems development, debug and test at the Imperas booth in the World of IoT pavilion, booth #521.

DEMO HIGHLIGHTS: See…

Imperas Joins RISC-V Foundation: Virtual Platforms and Models Now Available, Demonstrations at the 6th RISC-V Workshop in Shanghai, China and the 2017 Design Automation Conference

Oxford, United Kingdom, April 27, 2017 - Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in high-performance software simulation and virtual platforms, today announced their membership in the RISC-V Foundation, along with Imperas virtual platform and model support for the RISC-V architecture, available now. Imperas will demonstrate these embedded software development solutions at the 6th RISC-V…

eSOL TRINITY Partners with Imperas to Deliver Sales and Support for Imperas Virtual Platforms Accelerating Embedded Systems and Software Development, Debug and Test

Oxford, United Kingdom, April 27, 2017 - Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in high-performance software simulation and virtual platforms for embedded systems and software development, debug and test, today announced an extended sales and technical support partnership with eSOL TRINITY Co., Ltd. (TRINITY) for Imperas virtual platform solutions in Japan.

TRINITY, focusing on design and development of embedded software, will provide pre- and post-sales technical support, consulting, training, and implementation for…

CEO Simon Davidmann Discusses Virtual Platform Based Simulation for Testing of Embedded Software in Continuous Integration Flows

Oxford, United Kingdom, April 19, 2017 - Imperas Software Ltd., the leader in high-performance software simulation and virtual platforms for embedded systems and software development, debug and test, today announced that they are sponsoring and exhibiting at the Agile for Embedded Conference, as well as presenting a technical paper. The event is May 3, 2017 at Easthampstead Park, Berkshire, UK, with details at https://www.…