Product category:
Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Freescale Semiconductor | Subject: I.MX31
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 20 June 2005
Virtual model aids multimedia processor
adoption
Freescale and Virtio have partnered to reduce handset development time by providing handset manufacturers with the ability to develop and test their software without waiting for hardware availability.
Freescale Semiconductor and Virtio Corp have partnered to reduce handset development time by providing handset manufacturers with the ability to develop and test their software without waiting for hardware availability This dramatically reduces OEMs' time to market and revenue
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Virtual platforms provide developers with added debug capabilities by enabling visibility and control of software/hardware interactions, which are more difficult to observe on the physical hardware platform.
"The typical development cycle for a handset is 12-24 months".
"With virtual platforms from Virtio allowing parallel software development, you can potentially reduce that development cycle by 6-9 months", said Berardino Baratta, Director of Wireless Strategy Office for Freescale.
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"We have seen a huge reduction in our development time by being able to test and validate software before delivering first silicon samples".
"We then pass the benefit on to our customers with even more flexible and scalable roadmaps and reduced time to market for their handsets".
The VPMX31 Virtual Platform models the application development system for the recently announced i.MX31 multimedia applications processor and is immediately available.
The i.MX31 is a 32bit applications processor for cellphones and other handheld wireless entertainment devices.
It boosts multimedia, video and graphics performance along with providing outstanding battery power management.
The virtual digital baseband for the MXC and i.300 platforms is used internally by Freescale and is expected to be available in Q3 2005.
MXC is Freescale's mobile extreme convergence platform that includes a modem, applications processor and RF on a reconfigurable chip package the size of a postage stamp.
It allows access to WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth technology, targeting wireless Internet, multimedia and gaming applications.
The i.300-30 platform targets 3G cellphone design and includes both a processor and DSP along with an integrated video processor.
The chipset also includes triband WCDMA and quad-band GSM RF functions.
Shay Ben-Chorin, President and Chief Executive Officer for Virtio said: "Working with Freescale gives Virtio an inside look at products under development, ensuring the highest accuracy in our models".
"We work with them to jump-start early software development and testing, a critical issue to the industry".
Virtio is demonstrating the Virtual Platforms for Freescale's processors at the Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) from 20th to 23rd June 2005 in Orlando, Florida.
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