Create & assemble IP-based systems in a matter of days

The suite addresses the most complex challenges associated with SoC configurability and assembly while reducing time-to-market. Examples of efficiency gains include an eight times improvement in assembly schedule, the configuration of an ARM Cortex-A72 processor in seconds and the effortless management of 100,000+ lines of connection metadata per IP.

Socrates DE delivers ARM’s most advanced IP design environment to date, offering configuration, creation and assembly of ARM and third-party IP. Alongside the same design environment used within ARM, the tool features built-in ARM design knowledge such as ARM AMBA protocols and an integrated IP catalogue supporting ARM and third-party IP. The tool standardises any IP into the industry-standard IP-XACT format and differentiates on top of ARM IP while maintaining design integrity.

CoreSight and CoreLink Creators, built on Socrates technology, further enable architects and designers. The tools, which are offered with the same IP creation environment used within ARM, feature built-in ARM design rule checks. Offering guided creation of a high-level specification for Coresight or Corelink IP, the tools enable automated microarchitecture creation and auto-generated right-first-time RTL and IP-XACT. In addition, the CoreSight and CoreLink Creators can be seamlessly integrated with Socrates DE.

“Our partners need to deliver ARM-based SoCs to market as fast and accurately as possible,” said James McNiven, General Manager, Systems and Software Group, ARM. “In the process of building our own reference designs, we saw our IP configuration, creation and assembly schedules go from projections of months to days thanks to Socrates DE and the CoreSight and CoreLink Creators. Our lead partners are now using ARM IP tooling in concert with ARM and third-party IP to assemble intelligent subsystems faster than ever.”