Pact links VeriSilicon ZSP models to Carbon platform technology
ACTON, Mass., and SHANGHAI, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Carbon Design Systems(TM), the leading supplier of tools for the automatic creation, validation and deployment of system-level models and VeriSilicon(R), a silicon solutions company based in China, announced today that they have partnered to integrate VeriSilicon's ZSP models into the Carbon SoC Designer virtual platform. VeriSilicon's processors are fully integrated with SoC Designer and enable users to perform implementation-accurate architectural analysis and pre-silicon firmware development.
Fast, Accurate Firmware Development
"We are very happy to support VeriSilicon's popular ZSP Digital Signal Processor cores and have VeriSilicon join our growing portfolio of IP partners," stated Bill Neifert, VP of Business Development for Carbon Design Systems. "The majority of companies developing complex system on chip (SoC) designs are using Carbon's SoC Designer virtual platform. This partnership will enable those companies to design with VeriSilicon's ZSP processors and begin firmware development well in advance of actual silicon."
"VeriSilicon is committed to simplifying the steps needed to adopt our ZSP processors," stated Prasad Kalluri, Corporate VP of Engineering at VeriSilicon. "System on Chip designs are getting increasingly complex and system developers benefit greatly by using a system level modeling framework like Carbon's SoC Designer virtual platform. Partnering with Carbon to make our ZSP Digital Signal Processor cores available in SoC Designer enables our customers to start the firmware development process much earlier in the design cycle and debug with full system visibility."
About the Integration
This integration links software models for the ZSP5XX and ZSP8XX series processors and debuggers directly into the SoC Designer virtual platform environment. Integrated models can take advantage of all of SoC Designer's system analysis and debug capabilities. Debug of hardware and software is completely synchronized which enables engineers to set breakpoints in any part of the system and immediately see the impact of hardware or software changes on the entire system.
Availability
The VeriSilicon ZSP integration is available now from Carbon Design Systems.
About Carbon Design Systems
Carbon offers the leading system validation solution for complex
system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Target applications range from model generation and deployment to virtual platform creation, execution, and analysis. Carbon provides 100% implementation accuracy on the critical components required for accurate architectural analysis and pre-silicon hardware/software validation. Solutions are based on open industry standards, including SystemC, IP-XACT, Verilog, VHDL, OSCI TLM, MDI, SCML, CASI, CADI and CAPI. Carbon's customers are systems, semiconductor, and IP companies that focus on wireless, networking, and consumer electronics. Carbon is headquartered at 125 Nagog Park, Acton, Mass., 01720. Telephone: (978) 264-7300. Facsimile: (978) 264-9990. Email: info@carbondesignsystems.com. Website: http://www.carbondesignsystems.com
About VeriSilicon
Founded in 2001, VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. ("VeriSilicon") is a fast growing IC (integrated circuit) design foundry providing custom solutions and SoC (System-on-A-Chip) turnkey services. VeriSilicon has an extensive track record of accelerating customer designs from initial specification to silicon, achieving first silicon success -- on time and on spec -- and taking customer silicon through volume production, utilizing its partner network of leading wafer foundries and assembly and test companies in Asia Pacific. In addition to its flexible engagement model, superior supply chain management, and strong service culture, VeriSilicon's market leading licensable digital signal processing (ZSP(R)) cores and star IP based SoC platforms, along with value-added mixed signal IP portfolio, are the key differentiators for its success in a broad range of application markets, including multimedia, voice and wireless communications. VeriSilicon's global customer base of market leading multinationals and fabless start-up companies benefit from shorter development cycles, reduced cost of ownership, and economies of scale. VeriSilicon currently has research and development centers in Santa Clara, California and Dallas, Texas, U. S.; Shanghai and Beijing, China; with sales and customer support offices in Santa Clara, California, US; Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, China; Tokyo, Japan; Taipei, Taiwan; Nice, France; and Seoul, Korea. For more information, please visit http://www.verisilicon.com .
Carbon Design Systems is a trademark of Carbon Design Systems Inc. VeriSilicon and ZSP are registered trademarks belonging to VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. Carbon acknowledges trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services.
