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Carbon and Tensilica partner for pre silicon firmware development
The partnership links Tensilica processor models with Carbon virtual platform.
Carbon Design Systems, a supplier of tools for the automatic creation, validation and deployment of system level models and Tensilica, a provider of embedded processor cores for the dataplane, announced that they have partnered to integrate Tensilica’s processor models into the Carbon SoC Designer virtual platform. Tensilica processors are fully integrated with SoC Designer and enable users to perform implementation accurate architectural analysis and pre silicon firmware development.
“Tensilica’s cycle accurate processor models, running together with implementation accurate carbon models in an SoC Designer environment, will enable users to debug complex firmware and hardware issues well in advance of silicon,” stated Bill Neifert, vice president of business development for Carbon Design Systems. “SoC Designer’s industry-leading speed will also enable this to be done more quickly than with any other virtual platform. In addition, designers can leverage SoC Designer’s advanced profiling features to quickly see the positive impact Tensilica processors can have in the dataplane of their SOC designs.”
“Carbon’s SOC Designer is a valuable platform for our customers to model their SOC designs before committing them to silicon,” stated Steve Roddy, Tensilica’s vice president of marketing and business development. “It’s particularly useful for modelling large designs with multiple cores doing control and dataplane processing.
“Tensilica’s cycle accurate processor models, running together with implementation accurate carbon models in an SoC Designer environment, will enable users to debug complex firmware and hardware issues well in advance of silicon,” stated Bill Neifert, vice president of business development for Carbon Design Systems. “SoC Designer’s industry-leading speed will also enable this to be done more quickly than with any other virtual platform. In addition, designers can leverage SoC Designer’s advanced profiling features to quickly see the positive impact Tensilica processors can have in the dataplane of their SOC designs.”
“Carbon’s SOC Designer is a valuable platform for our customers to model their SOC designs before committing them to silicon,” stated Steve Roddy, Tensilica’s vice president of marketing and business development. “It’s particularly useful for modelling large designs with multiple cores doing control and dataplane processing.