Faraday selects Synopsys virtualizer

Synopsys has joined hands with Faraday for Virtualizertool for the development of VDKs targeting a range of multimedia, networking and display SoC designs. VDKs are software development kits that use a virtual prototype as a target to accelerate embedded software development, integration and test. As Faraday expands the breadth of its SoC design services to include software development tools, they are relying on Synopsys’ virtual prototyping solution to create VDKs to help their customers accelerate software development up to 12 months before hardware availability.

The Virtualizer virtual prototyping solution is an integral part of Synopsys’ comprehensive solution of tools, models and services for early software development and hardware/software integration. Virtualizer is a suite of tools used for the development, deployment and use of virtual prototypes. Virtualizer addresses the increasing software complexity associated with advanced semiconductor development by enabling the efficient and early creation of SystemC-based TLMs of subsystems. Software developers can assemble the TLMs into virtual prototypes, representing complete systems up to a year before silicon is available.

“As the complexity of ARM-based SoCs increases, the amount of software to support these designs grows exponentially,” said Ken Liao, associate vice president of digital system & platform at Faraday Technology.