WILSONVILLE, Ore., Nov. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor
Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT), today announced that the
Veloce® emulation platform, specifically the
Codelink™ offering, now supports the debug of designs
built with AndesCore™ processors, such as N10 and N13. Andes
Technology Corporation is a leading Asia-based supplier of small, low-power, high
performance 32-bit embedded CPU cores. Over 600 million
Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) containing its CPU cores have been shipped
by Andes customers.
With Codelink support, developers using the AndesCore processors
can complete designs months sooner by moving critical software
tasks to the pre-silicon stage. The Codelink tool allows a software
developer to enjoy a traditional software debug experience when
running software on a design with the Veloce platform. Unlike
traditional software debug methods on emulation, which tend to be
too slow for most software developers, the Codelink offering
delivers the performance demanded by advanced software teams. The
Codelink solution captures the software verification results from
the emulator then shifts the debug to a workstation so that many
developers can debug at the same time. Moving the debug task
offline marks an important methodology shift for software
verification. Because the Codelink tool is non-intrusive, it
enables detailed performance and power analysis not possible with
other debug methods.
"Codelink support for the AndesCore processors lets our
customers get to silicon production sooner," said Charlie Su, CTO & Senior VP, Andes
Technology. "It also enables a greater degree of performance and
power optimization at the system level not achievable with the
traditional design cycle."
"Using Codelink and Veloce made a positive impact on software
debug productivity," said the development representative at NTT
Electronics. "Our software team can now accelerate the software
debug process, and shorten this important step on the way to full
system verification."
"Codelink is a critical technology that enables companies to
'shift left' their software development schedules, and deliver
solutions to market in a much shorter time with less risk," said
Eric Selosse, vice president and
general manager of the Mentor Emulation Division.
About the Veloce Emulation platform
The Veloce
emulation platform is a core technology in the Mentor®
Enterprise Verification Platform™ (EVP) – a platform that boosts
productivity in ASIC and SoC functional verification by combining
advanced verification technologies in a comprehensive platform.
The Veloce emulation platform's success is a result of several
factors, high design capacity, speed of execution, and exceptional
functionality. Now considered among the most versatile and powerful
of verification tools, project teams use emulation for hardware
debugging, hardware/software co-verification or integration,
system-level prototyping, low-power verification and power
estimation and performance characterization.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation is
a world leader in electronic hardware and software design
solutions, providing products, consulting services and
award-winning support for the world's most successful electronic,
semiconductor and systems companies. Established in 1981, the
company reported revenues in the last fiscal year in excess of
$1.24 billion. Corporate headquarters
are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. Website
http://www.mentor.com.
For more information, please contact:
David Smith
Mentor Graphics
503.685.1135
david_smith@mentor.com
Mentor Graphics, Mentor and Veloce are registered trademarks and
Codelink is a trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other
company or product names are the registered trademarks or
trademarks of their respective owners.
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