CoWare Adds IBM PPC750GX/GL Processor Support Package to SystemC-based Model Library; Latest Addition to the CoWare Model Library is First to Enable Development of Software for IBM PPC750GX/GL-based Systems
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—April 3, 2006—
CoWare(R) Inc., the leading supplier of electronic
system-level (ESL) design software and services, announced it has
added new IP models to the CoWare Model Library - the IBM PPC750GX and
the PPC750GL processors. This increases the SystemC processor models
currently available in the CoWare Model Library and makes CoWare the
first ESL solution provider to offer a software development
environment for these IBM processor-based systems.
"Our collaboration with CoWare provides our mutual customers with
a tool environment to help develop software earlier in the design
cycle," said Ted Johnson, product marketing manager for PowerPC, IBM
Systems & Technology.
The IBM models enable the rapid creation of PPC750GX/GL-based
systems at the transaction level in SystemC, prior to the creation of
the hardware prototype. The IBM Mambo model has been integrated as a
CoWare Instruction Accurate Processor Support Package. The resulting
PPC750GX/GL Processor Support Package can be configured in the CoWare
tools through a configuration file. Together with the other IP models
in CoWare's extensive model library, the availability of this model
enables the creation of various platforms within the CoWare tools. The
CoWare tools then provide an optimal environment for fast simulation
of the software running on the processor models so that effects on the
system can be analyzed and optimizations can be made early in the
design. This shortens the design cycle and reduces the risk of
mismatches between the resulting hardware and software.
"As designers strive to manage the complexity of both hardware and
software in converging applications, they are increasingly turning to
ESL design and powerful processors such as the IBM PPC750GX and
PPC750GL cores," said Tom De Schutter, IP marketing manager, CoWare.
"We have been working successfully with IBM and we're delighted to
expand our modeling solution for platform-driven ESL design to benefit
our mutual customers."
Availability
The IBM PPC750GX/GL Processor Support Package is available
exclusively from and supported by CoWare immediately. For more
information about IBM IP models and the CoWare Model Library, please
visit www.CoWare.com. You can also visit CoWare at the Embedded
Systems Conference Silicon Valley, April 4-6, 2006 in Booth 838.
About CoWare
CoWare is the leading supplier of platform-driven electronic
system-level (ESL) design software and services. CoWare offers a
comprehensive set of ESL tools that enable electronics companies to
"differentiate by design" through the creation of system IP including
embedded processors, on-chip buses, and DSP algorithms; the
architecture of optimized SoC platforms; hardware/software co-design;
and virtual platforms for software development. The company's
solutions are based on open industry standards including SystemC.
CoWare's customers are major systems, semiconductor, and IP companies
in the market where consumer electronics, computing, and
communications converge. CoWare's corporate investors include ARM
((LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)), Cadence Design Systems Nasdaq: CDNS),
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), and Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE).
CoWare is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has offices around
the world. For more information about CoWare and its products and
services visit http://www.coware.com.
CoWare is a registered trademark of CoWare, Inc. All other
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