SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Altera
Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced its collaboration with
Mentor Graphics to provide embedded software developers access to
best-in-class Vista® virtual platforms that support Altera's entire
SoC FPGA portfolio, including its third-generation 14 nm Stratix®
10 SoCs with a 64-bit quad-core ARM® Cortex-A53 processor. These
advanced SoC virtual platforms accelerate embedded software
development across the entire product life cycle for significant
time to market advantage and reduced cost.
The Mentor Graphics Vista SoC virtual platforms are pre-built,
fully functional simulation models of the ARM processor subsystems
featured in each of Altera's 28nm, 20nm, and 14nm SoC FPGA
families. Software developers can use the Stratix 10 SoC virtual
platform to start embedded software development and debug for the
integrated 64-bit ARMv8-based processor subsystem well before first
silicon availability.
Additionally, SoC virtual platforms simplify embedded software
development and reduce the need for expensive hardware by enabling
large development teams to perform application development and
software regression testing in a virtual environment that models an
Altera SoC FPGA.
"Virtual prototyping is a proven methodology for software
development and providing our customers with a comprehensive set of
SoC virtual platforms will greatly reduce their development time
while slashing development costs," said Joerg Bertholdt, director of embedded software
marketing at Altera. "As a result, software developers leveraging
any of our industry-leading SoC solutions can start their
development earlier and maximize their design team
productivity."
These virtual platforms are comprised of an Instruction Set
Simulator CPU model plus peripheral device models, delivered as a
stand-alone binary executable which is downloaded, installed and
run together with a pre-built Linux image on a host PC. In
addition, a model of custom functions in the FPGA fabric can be
linked to the virtual platform for system-level simulation. The
virtual platforms support both bare-metal and Linux operating
system environments and allow software execution and debug on
multi-core configurations of Altera's SoCs.
Basing the SoC virtual platforms on the Mentor Graphics Vista
technology provides users a seamless migration to Mentor's Vista
Virtual Prototyping solutions. The Vista Virtual Prototyping tool
suite provides additional insight into hardware/software
interaction or non-intrusive profiling and analysis and extends the
SoC virtual platforms.
"Altera is the SoC FPGA industry leader and recognized the
importance of providing solutions that are supported by an
outstanding set of software tools that simplify hardware and
software design," said Guy Moshe,
general manager of the Design Creation Business Unit within Mentor
Graphics Embedded Systems Division. "Our collaboration with Altera
to provide a comprehensive portfolio of SoC virtual platforms
allows developers of Altera SoC FPGAs to balance performance,
accuracy and cost, while dramatically accelerating their software
development."
Availability
Through the collaboration between Altera
and Mentor Graphics, all SoC virtual platforms will be available as
a download from the Mentor Graphics web site. To be kept informed
about general availability of SoC virtual platforms, visit
go.mentor.com/altera.
About Altera
Altera® programmable solutions enable
designers of electronic systems to rapidly and cost effectively
innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Altera offers
FPGAs, SoCs, CPLDs, and complementary technologies, such
as power management, to provide high-value solutions to
customers worldwide. Visit Altera at www.altera.com.
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