Synopsys MVSIM adopted for low power verification of mobile SoC platform

“Mobile handset applications are driven by battery life, which necessitates the application of complex low power design techniques,” said Francois Martin, director of the Wireless Multimedia Digital SoC’s Business Unit at ST-Ericsson. “We chose MVSIM because of its ability to comprehensively verify the advanced low power techniques we employ for our wireless designs and detect bugs early in our design cycle.”

The voltage-level aware simulation in MVSIM enables accurate verification of low power designs and improves bug detection. Its comprehensive set of built-in, automated low power assertions boost verification productivity. MVSIM, a core component of Synopsys’ Eclypse(TM) Low Power Solution, is production-proven and works at the RTL and gate levels. MVSIM addresses complex low power verification challenges and enables customers to achieve their high quality goals while meeting time to market constraints.

“The mobile phone market imposes some of the most stringent requirements on power and therefore demands the most advanced low power verification solution,” said Swami Venkat senior director of functional verification marketing at Synopsys. “Synopsys continues to pioneer tools and methodologies to help address low power verification challenges, including the recent publication of the Verification Methodology Manual for Low Power (VMM-LP) book. ST-Ericsson’s adoption of MVSIM confirms the tool’s growing momentum in the mobile market segment.”