Siemens Emulation and Prototyping Tools Tackle SoC Design Challenges

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www.eetasia.com, Apr. 04, 2021 – 

The success of a system-on-chip (SoC) design is increasingly intertwined with the software performance, and that makes bridging the gap between hardware and software development flows critical. Not surprisingly, therefore, this era of software-centric SoC designs mandates dramatic changes in functional verification systems in the IC design realm.

The modern SoCs feature billion-gate designs, and their size and complexity are steadily growing. More importantly, while software performance drives SoC performance, long software sequences take extensive verification cycles to complete. Additionally, the SoC designers are increasingly using software workloads and benchmarks to verify power and performance.

MLPerf for AI chips and AnTuTu for mobile chips are a case in point. An accurate power and performance analysis during workload and benchmark cycles requires visibility to power activity, accurate analysis, and comprehensive debug tools. Siemens Digital Industries Software aims to address this semiconductor mega-cycle design conundrum with a new generation of verification solutions by creating a full suite of emulation and prototyping tools.

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