VIP for the MIPI C-PHY specification is now available

Automotive and medical industries can leverage MIPI Alliance standards such as those for display, camera and sensor interfaces. With the VIP, engineers can verify interfaces such as MIPI CSI-2 v1.3, which includes the MIPI C-PHY. The VIP, which supports the MIPI Alliance protocol specifications including D-PHY, C-PHY and M-PHY, is based on a native SystemVerilog architecture. This architecture provides ease of use, performance and debug and enables compliance checking of IP blocks and SoC interfaces.

"As a global alliance that addresses the interoperability and high performance of electronic interfaces used in mobile devices, we are continually responding to the needs of our member companies with enhancements and innovations. The MIPI Alliance's development of the MIPI C-PHY specification was driven by the need to create an interface for peripherals with limited bandwidth while maintaining compatibility with the MIPI D-PHY implementations," said Joel Huloux, Chairman of the Board of MIPI Alliance. "The release of the Synopsys MIPI C-PHY verification IP strengthens the overall ecosystem that is required to enable fast development of products as design teams race to implement new functionality."

"We have collaborated extensively with leading-edge SoC design teams to address the increasingly demanding process of protocol compliance verification. The release of a new, faster and more sophisticated revision of a protocol creates challenges for design teams as they strive to rapidly verify compliance against the new specification," said Debashis Chowdhury, Vice President of R&D, Synopsys Verification Group. "We continue to deliver solutions that enable designers to accelerate their SoC verification closure and decrease time to market. The Synopsys VIP for MIPI C-PHY provides engineers with a solution that includes the built-in protocol knowledge, features and methodology they need to save time, increase design quality and meet project schedules."