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News Release from: IKOS Systems | Subject: VStation-15Mx
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 01 March 2002
Coverification capacity upped to 15
million gates
The VStation-15Mx replicate station from IKOS Systems extends the hardware/software coverification power introduced with VStation-5Mx to 15 million gate capacity.
The VStation-15Mx replicate station from IKOS Systems extends the hardware/software coverification power introduced with VStation-5Mx to 15 million gate capacity The ability to verify hardware and software in parallel is the true power of the replicate solution
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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At 15-million gate capacity in a single system, VStation-15M emulator plus VStation-15Mx replicates provide solutions for even the largest of today's designs.
The IKOS VirtualWires technology used in full VStation systems ensures that the same database can be reliably implemented in every VStation replicate.
It is expected that users will be able to shave months off their verification schedules by using this hardware/software coverification methodology.
"Users can see the tremendous advantage to be gained by using VStation-15Mx replicates with their full emulation systems.
A number of our leading-edge customers are designing very large SoC designs containing embedded processors that require hardware-software verification.
VStation-15Mx is an ideal solution for these customers", commented Linda Prowse Fosler, vice president of marketing for IKOS Systems.
Both VStation-15M and -15Mx solutions offer IKOS' breakthrough comodelling capability.
Co-modeling enables high-performance system-level verification using abstract system models running on a workstation connected to the design under test through a high-speed interface between the workstation and VStation-15M and VStation-15Mx.
These systems are widely used for both comodelling and traditional in circuit emulation.
The VStation-15Mx replicate uses the proven compiled database from a fully featured VStation-15M emulator.
This provides a known database and environment for the total hardware and software design team.
The hardware design team chooses when the design is stable enough for the balance of the team to start the system integration verification.
The existing database is then loaded onto one or multiple VStation-15Mx replicates.
IKOS' VirtualWires technology ensures that all systems function exactly the same with the same database.
With all systems using the same database there is no verification-based uncertainty.
Debug is provided by the VStation-15M full emulation system.
The VStation -15Mx is available now from IKOS at $121,500 per array board with a capacity of 1.67 million usable ASIC gates.
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