tag: virtual prototypes

Hardware From Specifications Using AI
By Brian Bailey - 06 May, 2026 - Comments: 0

There is a lot of excitement these days surrounding the idea that AI could make it possible to go from a specification to a design with absolutely no hardware skills. Well, get in line, because this is the umpteenth potential technology that was going to make that possible. Don't get me wrong, it just might do it, but will this be an implementation that is reliable, have decent performance, ... » read more

Simulate Faster with SimAI Software for High Returns at a Low Cost of Ownership
By Synopsys - 11 Feb, 2026 - Comments: 0

While the value of engineering simulation has been proven for decades, only a small percentage of engineers report using artificial intelligence (AI) to amplify their simulation results at scale. However, AI has the potential to make large-scale simulations even faster, more precise, and more cost-effective. AI-enabled simulation not only amplifies the performance and returns of simulatio... » read more

Agile Development Of Software-Defined Vehicles Using Cloud-Based Virtual Prototypes
By Gunnar Braun - 04 Sep, 2025 - Comments: 0

By Gunnar Braun and Stewart Williams Automotive software is becoming more expensive and central to a car’s identity. Infotainment, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), traction control, and even powertrain management are all shaped by lines of code. Vehicular codebases can now exceed those of commercial aircraft! The growing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and the push toward ful... » read more

A HIL Methodology For The SoC Development Flow
By Technical Paper Link - 14 Nov, 2023 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “Virtual-Peripheral-in-the-Loop : A Hardware-in-the-Loop Strategy to Bridge the VP/RTL Design-Gap” was published by researchers at University of Bremen and German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). Abstract: "Virtual Prototypes act as an executable specification model, offering a unified behavior reference model for SW and HW engineers. However, b... » read more

The Drive Toward Virtual Prototypes
By Brian Bailey - 22 Nov, 2022 - Comments: 1

Chipmakers are piling an increasing set of demands on virtual prototypes that go well beyond its original scope, forcing EDA companies to significantly rethink models, abstractions, interfaces, view orthogonality, and flows. The virtual prototype has been around for at least 20 years, but its role has been limited. It has largely been used as an integration and analysis platform for models t... » read more

Continuous Integration And Deployment Flows With Virtual Prototypes
By Kamal Desai - 28 Apr, 2022 - Comments: 0

Not so long ago, embedded software developers huddled side by side in chilly bring-up labs, integrating and testing their code on physical prototypes of the final systems. Beyond the inconvenience, there were two major issues with this approach. The cost of replicating prototypes across a large software team was considerable, and these systems had to be maintained and managed. It became common ... » read more

Accelerating Software Development With Fast Virtual Prototypes
By Synopsys - 12 Jan, 2022 - Comments: 0

Most of today's largest semiconductor devices are highly complex system on chip (SoC) designs, which means that they include one or more embedded processors. This indicates that software provides some of the key functionality of the chip. The system cannot be fully verified or validated without both hardware and software. However, software development generally takes more time and resources to ... » read more

Eliminating Software Development Bottlenecks For SoCs
By Sam Tennent - 23 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

System on chip (SoC) devices, by definition, use a combination of hardware and embedded software to provide their specified functionality. Both the design and programming teams face many challenges and have huge tasks. No matter how well they may perform, the full system cannot be verified and validated until the hardware and software are brought together in the bring-up lab. This is usually wa... » read more

Virtual Prototyping In SoC Development
By Christoph Sohrmann - 21 Jun, 2021 - Comments: 0

Modern semiconductor technologies enable manufacturers to pack more and more functions and memory into a single silicon die. While steadily advancing microintegration based on Moore’s Law just a few years ago mainly focused on increasing the clock frequency of integrated circuits (IC), today, it’s the design complexity and number of blocks that enable new IC functions. More and more logic b... » read more

Electric Vehicle Development From System To Software
By Kevin Brand - 27 Aug, 2020 - Comments: 0

There is perhaps no higher profile electronic product category today than electric vehicles (EVs). Aggressive startups pioneered the market, but many major automobile manufacturers are now participating as well. Rising fuel costs, improved battery technology and increased environmental sensitivity have all helped to drive public enthusiasm for EVs. In response, developers are driving continuous... » read more

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