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News Release from: Mentor Graphics UK | Subject: PSP for MIPS32 4KE family
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 June 2001
Mentor first with support for new MIPS
processor
Mentor Graphics says it will be first to provide a coverification processor support package (PSP) for the new MIPS32 4KE family of embedded processor cores from MIPS Technologies.
Mentor Graphics says it will be first to provide a coverification processor support package (PSP) for the new MIPS32 4KE family of embedded processor cores from MIPS Technologies Coverification with the Mentor GraphicsSeamless Co-Verification Environment (CVE) tool will enable developers integrating the latest MIPS32 core into SoC designs to validate hardware and software interfaces prior to chip fabrication
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The PSP for the MIPS32 4KE core incorporates an instruction set simulator and bus interface models from MIPS Technologies.
The PSP is integrated with the high-level, multicore Mentor Graphics XRAY debugger and works with all popular logic simulation platforms, including the ModelSim tool from Model Technology, a Mentor Graphics company.
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The MIPS32 4KEc core is targeted at digital consumer applications, from ultra low-power mobile devices to emerging home networking products.
"Digital consumer and network applications are two of the most cost- and time-sensitive markets in the semiconductor industry", said Serge Leef, general manager of the SoC Verification Division at Mentor Graphics.
"To ease the verification bottleneck that threatens rapid time-to-market, Mentor continues to release co-verification models in lockstep with all important processor architectures".
The high-performance capabilities and low-power requirements of the MIPS32 4KE family offer the highest Dhrystone MIPS/MHz performance available in a synthesisable 32bit core.
The MIPS32 4KE cores also provides configurable features that increase performance while reducing die size and power consumption, and ultimately total system cost.
Features such as 0-128Kbyte of cache and a coprocessor interface allow users to easily configure a 4KE core to maximise performance in their SoC applications.
The Mentor Graphics Seamless PSP for MIPS Technologies MIPS32 4KE core will be available in Q3 starting at $30,000 base on HP and Sun workstations.
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