Tool enhances VDK simulation performance by up to five times

The latest features in the Virtualizer tool enable virtual prototyping teams to create VDKs more quickly and with higher performance compared to using build-your-own SystemC-based modeling efforts. MultiSim optimises the use of multi-core hosts for parallel execution of VDKs, accelerating simulation performance by up to five times for SoCs consisting of independent subsystems or electronic systems using multiple SoCs. SimSight delivers enhanced system wide simulation profiling, which shows the number of SystemC process activations, signal events and TLM-2.0 transactions, to address simulation speed bottlenecks and identify where to optimise the code for up to five times increased performance. FastBuild improves virtual prototype development time by using dynamic libraries to assemble a VDK, speed turnaround time of complex full-scale virtual prototypes, create derivative versions and quickly deploy updates to software teams.

"One of the benefits of virtual prototyping is the ability to scale the prototype to an entire system," said Andreas v. Schwerin, Principal Engineer, Siemens. "By using the Virtualizer MultiSim feature of the VDKs, we were able to simulate our system up to five times faster than with a regular virtual prototype simulation."

"With the rise in SoC complexity, developers are relying on Synopsys Virtualizer tools to help speed their software development effort and achieve quality software faster," said John Koeter, Vice President, Marketing for IP and Prototyping, Synopsys. "This latest release of Virtualizer incorporates differentiated virtual prototyping features that help developers start their software development even earlier and increases the simulation performance of VDKs for more efficient software bring up, debug and test."