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News Release from: QuickLogic | Subject: ISA-QMIPS system analyser and FS2 Navigator
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 July 2003
Support for latest configurable logic
devices
The ISA-QMIPS system analyser and FS2 Navigator logic analyser from First Silicon Solutions are optimised to support the recently announced QL902M, QL903M and QL904M QuickMIPS devices.
The ISA-QMIPS system analyser and FS2 Navigator logic analyser products from First Silicon Solutions (FS2) have been optimised to support the recently announced QL902M, QL903M and QL904M QuickMIPS devices FS2's analysis products have been optimised to allow the system designer to concurrently debug both fixed-function and programmable areas of QuickMIPS-based systems, to significantly reduce system development time
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Developed specifically for the QuickMIPS product, the ISA-QMIPS system analyser provides complete access and control of the on-chip MIPS core and on-chip peripherals, and features a configurable logic analysis monitor (CLAM) which allows the user to trace and trigger on up to 128 specified signals in the programmable fabric.
The system analyser and CLAM include sophisticated crosstriggering for debugging interactions between the core and programmable features of the QuickMIPS devices.
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ISA-QMIPS is available in two system configurations: internal trace, where all triggering and trace capture takes place on-chip, inside the QuickMIPS device; and external trace, in which the trace is captured off-chip, freeing up on-chip resources and providing a richer trigger/trace feature set.
A complementary product to the ISA-QMIPS system, the FS2 Navigator embedded bus logic analyser, provides on-chip monitoring of activity on the QuickMIPS Amba advanced high-performance bus (AHB).
The Navigator analyser is unique in allowing the user to "view" otherwise inaccessible internal bus traffic between the programmable fabric and the other on-chip peripherals.
Armed with better information about critical internal bus and signal activity, the user can make informed modifications to improve system performance.
"FS2 has been working closely with QuickLogic since the original conception of the QuickMIPS product family", said Rick Leatherman, President and CEO of FS2.
"The combination of logic analysis for the programmable fabric and run control for the embedded core provides designers with a powerful debug tool for the unique capabilities of the QuickMIPS device".
"Our customers are continually pressed to release highly-reliable systems in increasingly shorter design windows", said Ian Ferguson, Vice President and General Manager, QuickMIPS division.
"By embracing FS2's standardised embedded tools as part of our complete QuickMIPS solution, we are addressing customers requirements for faster and easier tools that play a critical role in keeping system-on-chip verification manageable".
The FS2 analysers for the QuickMIPS development system are currently available from FS2 with prices starting at $3995 for on-chip trace support and $4995 for the system with off-chip trace.
The FS2 Navigator Amba bus analyser pricing is starting at $3995.
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