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News Release from: Synopsys | Subject: System Studio and DesignWare Amba SystemC Library
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 22 April 2004

Collaboration cuts ARM
core based design cycles

Synopsys and ARM have developed a joint system-level design solution that enables earlier software development and verification of ARM-powered SoCs

The two companies have integrated ARM RealView Model Library SystemC processor models with Synopsys' System Studio system-level design tool to deliver faster and more accurate system-level design. Developers can now create and analyse SystemC versions of amba interconnect-based SoCs more quickly and easily using System Studio, and optimise their SoC architecture.

These system-level models then enable developers to concurrently develop the SoC hardware and software and, therefore, reduce total design time.

"ARM and Synopsys have collaborated to ensure our processor models work with System Studio-based design flows", said Tim Holden, EDA Relations Manager at ARM.

"Our mutual customers can be assured that the SystemC models of our cores closely match the RTL behaviour and interface correctly with the Synopsys DesignWare Amba SystemC transaction-level bus models.

ARM is committed to making all of its processor models available for use within EDA tools like System Studio".

This collaboration adheres to the Amba 2 Transfer-Layer SystemC specification to ensure interoperability and illustrates the continued progress in the ecosystem for platform-based design solutions from ARM and Synopsys.

System-level models of Amba interconnect-based SoCs can now be created and analysed more effectively using Synopsys' DesignWare SystemC transaction-level models for the Amba on-chip bus and System Studio, which provides powerful and intuitive analysis of such designs.

"The ARM and Synopsys system-level collaboration helps ensure full compatibility between cores and on-chip buses", said Martin Vorbach, Chief Technology Officer of PACT XPP Technologies, a leader in reconfigurable parallel processing solutions.

"The ARM-Synopsys development environment provides the solution we require to optimise and validate our design platforms through System Studio, and helps us and our customers to significantly reduce the SoC design cycle".

"ARM and Synopsys engineers have worked closely together to ensure that our combined solution enables the rapid and effective design and verification of ARM Powered SoC designs", said Farhad Hayat, Vice President of Marketing, Synopsys Verification Group.

"When combined with System Studio and DesignWare Amba SystemC models, this solution lets our mutual customers rapidly explore alternative architectures".

The ARM-Synopsys system-level design solution is available immediately for the ARM926EJ-S core, the ARM946E-S core, the ARM1136J-S core and the ARM1136JF-S core.

The ARM RealView Model Library processor models are available from ARM.

System Studio and the DesignWare Amba SystemC Library transaction-level bus models are available from Synopsys.

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