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VaST's Latest CoMET6 Delivers Breakthroughs in Performance, Interoperability, and Power; Focused on Performance, Standards-Based Interoperability, and Power Analysis for Multi-Core Design Flows, CoMET6 Boosts Design Team Productivity
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 17, 2006—
VaST -- the technology leader in embedded design --
today announced CoMET6, the latest version of its flagship virtual
system prototyping solutions. CoMET6 extends VaST's lead in embedded
systems design by providing the richest set of product enhancements to
date. With CoMET6 designers can accurately analyze and optimize
architecture and software for power. CoMET6 also delivers increased
run-time performance for multi-core designs, enhanced interoperability
and SystemC support, tighter integrations to design implementation and
more:
-- Multi-Core Performance Improvement
Multi-core systems on chip (SoCs) are quickly becoming the norm in
wireless and consumer applications. In wireless, for instance, the
combination of ARM and StarCore processors is very prevalent. CoMET6
features run-time improvements for multi-core design that deliver
linear run-time performance vs. the number of cores.
-- Interoperability through Native IEEE 1666 SystemC and OCP-IP
TL2
With native support, SystemC functions are executed directly on
the CoMET6 simulation kernel, resulting in full OSCI 1666 SystemC
compliance and ultra-fast simulation speed. CoMET6 also features
direct mapping of OCP-IP TL2 constructs which improves bus
communications performance by 4x for models using OCP-P TL2. Together
these improvements deliver high performance and standards-based
interoperability.
-- Power Analysis
With battery life a critical constraint for consumer and wireless
devices, power must be managed at each stage of the design flow.
CoMET6 provides a customizable, cycle-accurate, event-based power
calculator which enables power analysis and optimization of both the
architecture and software.
-- Interoperability through Eclipse Support
CoMET6 features an Eclipse framework. Eclipse, with strategic
developers like IBM, Intel, Nokia and Wind River, is quickly becoming
the de facto industry standard development platform and framework for
embedded system design tools. Through Eclipse, CoMET6 supports
customer-developed and third-party Eclipse plug-ins, allowing tighter
integrations with customer-specific design tools and flows.
-- Interoperability through HDL Co-Simulation
CoMET6 enables virtual system prototypes to drive hardware
implementation and verification through HDL co-simulation. The initial
release of CoMET6 supports Mentor Graphics ModelSim(R) VHDL;
subsequent releases will support additional simulators such as
ModelSim Verilog, Cadence Incisive(TM) HDL Simulator, and Synopsys
VCS(R).
-- Virtual Platform Editor (VPE)
CoMET6 features a new platform entry and analysis user interface
to speed specification, configuration and debug of the virtual system
prototype. VPE is a hierarchical, block-based capability which
complements existing tree-, table- and HTML-based interfaces.
-- Linux Support
CoMET6 supports Linux and has the same functionality, look and
feel across Windows and Linux, allowing customers to select whichever
operating system they prefer.
"CoMET6's mix of high performance, support for standards and
interoperability, and new user interfaces enable VaST customers to
achieve even greater levels of productivity," said Jeff Roane, VaST's
director of marketing.
Availability
Developed in close cooperation with market leaders, CoMET6 is
currently in beta release, and will be generally available in Q3 2006.
VaST will demonstrate CoMET6 in Booth #914 at the 2006 Design
Automation Conference in San Francisco.
About VaST
VaST Systems Technology Corporation solutions enable the creation
of a virtual system prototype -- a cycle-accurate software model of a
system that operates at near real-time speeds under actual software
loads. VaST's solutions are OSCI SystemC-compliant and are used for
architecture, hardware and software design. VaST solutions
dramatically improve time to market and quality while reducing
development costs and risk.
Current customers include worldwide leaders in semiconductors,
automotive electronics, wireless devices, and consumer electronics.
VaST is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with sales and support
offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.vastsystems.com.
Contact:
VaST in the USA:
Cayenne Communication
Linda Marchant, 919-451-0776
Email Contact
or
VaST in Europe:
Neesham Public Relations
Peter van der Sluijs, +44 (0) 1296 628180
Email Contact
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