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News Release from: Synopsys | Subject: DesignWare VPXA3 Virtual Platform
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 20 June 2007
Development platform precedes Marvell
processor
Virtual platform enables development of smartphones, handheld and consumer electronics devices that use the Marvell PXA3xx XScale technology application processor.
Synopsys has released the DesignWare VPXA3 Virtual Platform for development of smartphones, handheld and consumer electronics devices that use Marvell PXA3xx XScale technology next generation application processor Synopsys' Virtual Platforms improve design quality and shorten time to market by allowing the software team to start software development up to nine months before the silicon prototype is available
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The DesignWare VPXA3 Virtual Platform provides software engineers with a high speed, presilicon software execution environment that allows the development of system on chip (SoC) related software before hardware is available.
The virtual platform technology enables the creation of a software model of a complete system that fully mirrors the functionality of a complex, multicore hardware platform.
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The DesignWare Virtual Platforms combine high speed processor instruction set simulators and high level, fully functional transaction level models (TLMs) of the hardware building blocks to provide a high level model of the hardware to the software developer.
Synopsys also provides the complete hardware/software development and validation environment for designers using the Marvell PXA application processors.
Engineers at Marvell Technology, a leader in storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions, used the DesignWare VPXA3 Virtual Platform for pre and post silicon software development, hardware/software integration, and system validation.
The DesignWare VPXA3 Virtual Platform helped Marvell engineers shorten time to market and improve design quality, and also allowed them to execute their software - including the post silicon software tests - before the hardware was available.
"We turned to Synopsys to help us improve our system integration and validation".
"Synopsys' virtual platform methodologies allowed our software engineers to begin development using functional hardware models", says Sam Arditi, Senior Vice President, Marvell Cellular and Handheld Group.
"This helped us shorten time to volume".
"Synopsys' fast delivery and high quality Virtual Platform also saved us development costs and reduced the integration risk as we introduced our PXA3xx application processor to the highly competitive handheld and consumer markets".
The Marvell PXA3xx family of application processors was designed for feature rich handsets, smartphones, GPS navigation systems, wireless handhelds and other consumer electronics devices.
Marvell application processors deliver high resolution VGA multimedia performance with the extended battery life required for today's advanced 3G video and audio applications.
"Synopsys' virtual platforms are enabling software teams to develop, validate, and integrate their software months before a silicon prototype is available", says Joachim Kunkel, Vice President and General Manager, Synopsys Solutions Group.
"A great example of this is how Marvell was able to introduce the device software, consisting of boot code, device drivers and operating systems, along with their PXA3xx next generation application processor by using the DesignWare VPXA3Virtual Platform".
Synopsys' DesignWare VPXA3 Virtual Platform software development environment systems are available now.
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