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News Release from: CoWare | Subject: Signal Processing Designer
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 May 2008
Alliance creates link from Matlab to ESL
C models generated from Matlab can now be efficiently run inside CoWare Signal Processing Designer, increasing the simulation performance by more than 3x in typical cases.
CoWare and Agility Design Solutions are working together to accelerate the simulation and implementation of complex DSP algorithms starting from Matlab models CoWare is offering its customers integration support for accelerated C models generated by Agility's RMS and MCS products into the entire range of CoWare's ESL 2.0 solutions
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Many of our customers are developing DSP algorithms starting in Matlab and later transitioning into CoWare's ESL 2.0 solutions", says Dr Johannes Stahl, vice president of marketing and business development at CoWare.
"With the innovative Agility solutions, we are greatly reducing the transition pain and making the entire flow from Matlab much more productive".
"Our Matlab-to-C technology offers a high-productivity, high-performance solution", stated Larry Melling, Vice President of Marketing at Agility.
"We are very excited about the integration with CoWare's ESL design solutions".
"Working with the leading ESL provider like CoWare will address customers' needs for better connection of their algorithm models with established product development tools".
C models generated from Matlab will efficiently run inside CoWare Signal Processing Designer, increasing the simulation performance by more than 3x in typical cases for the entire DSP system explored.
This is in comparison to traditional cosimulation running the interpreted Matlab model using the Matlab engine.
This is relevant in particular in new, complex wireless standards such as the 3GPP Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard, where many design teams are now transitioning from research in Matlab to production design efforts.
Complex architectures for consumer applications in the video processing market are developed using CoWare's architecture design solution today.
CoWare customers will now be able to take advantage of the Agility technology to include Matlab models inside virtual hardware platforms modelled in SystemC.
A C model generated by Agility's MCS product can be integrated inside CoWare Platform Architect using standard, SystemC interface methodologies.
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