Seamless Hello Michael As you requested, following is your SoC Design and Verification News Update featuring SeamlessR Co-Verification and Platform ExpressTM platform-based design. _____ IN THIS ISSUE: New Technical Publications Seamless Update Platform Express Update Online Events North American Technical Events European Technical Events Collateral - New IBM Datasheet Press Coverage user2user - Call for Papers _____ Technical Publications ÿÿ The Multiple Dimensions of Scalability that Comprise a System Verification Strategy http://www.mentor.com/soc/techpapers/index.cfm?abstract=18143 Making the Impractical Practical: Verification of Large FPGA-centric Systems Using Hardware/Software Co-Verification http://www.mentor.com/soc/techpapers/index.cfm?abstract=18439 Seamless Update ÿÿ Enhanced Seamless Performance Profiler The Performance Profile Logger and Viewers have been enhanced to support multiple processors as well as 64-bit CPUs. The multi-processor features let you switch views in the code and bus windows from one processor to another. A generic bus monitor was added to drive Bus Transaction and Bus Arbitration analysis for any processor with an arbitrated bus. The profiler can now provide Memory Transaction, Bus Transaction, and Bus Arbitration analysis for any Seamless PSP. Code Profiler and Cache analysis displays are ISS dependent and currently supported for ARM, MIPS, and some PowerPC PSPs. Usability has also been improved through numerous GUI enhancements: You can now save and restore your session setup, preserving all of your windows size, position, and content. You can also specify a default session configuration which will setup the analysis windows automatically, rather than present you with a blank session window upon invoke. With the click of a mouse you can view the source code of function displayed in the software profile window. Cursors can now be copied from one display to the next, making it easy to cross-correlate, say events in the Software Profile window to those in Bus Transactions. More information on supported PSPs at: http://www.mentor.com/seamless/psp/app_tabl.htm Platform Express Update ÿ Platform Express XML Data Format contributed to SPIRIT The Platform Express XML Schema (the rules for documenting IP so that EDA tools can read, process, and automatically build designs) have been contributed to, and accepted by, the SPIRIT consortium as part of the process of creating an industry standard XML format for IP documentation, configuration and reuse. Membership of SPIRIT is now open to all organizations to participate in the standards-forming process. For more information on SPIRIT: http://www.spiritconsortium.com Online Events ÿ Rapid Convergence - Optimal Design Technical Webinar Archive Now Available! The successful completion of any System-on-Chip (SoC) project is dependent on many complex, interrelated factors. By identifying design bottlenecks and performance concerns - and automating their elimination - a new, tightly integrated SoC Design and Verification solution from Mentor Graphics addresses these fundamental challenges. An assemblage of specialized tools, this solution enables you to improve design productivity, design quality, project delivery schedules, and return on investment. View at: http://www.mentor.com/soc/events/seminars/webinar/index.cfm North American Technical Events ÿ >ÿÿ Mentor Solutions for Designing & Verifying Your Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGA Seminar ÿ Mentor Graphics is the only EDA company to provide a comprehensive set of Virtex-II Pro design tools that encompass project and complexity management, functional verification, hardware/software co-verification, synthesis and board design. ÿ Virtex-II Pro Seminar ÿÿ Durham, NC - Nov 18 Rockville, MD - Nov 19 Orlando, FL - Nov 20 Register today - http://www.mentor.com/fv/events/seminars/virtexII/register.cfm >ÿÿ Co-Verification Hands-On Workshops - featuring a Performance Profiling Lab! ÿ Ottawa, ONT - November 18 Register at - http://www.mentor.com/seamless/workshops/description.html European Technical Events ÿ Motorola Smart Networks Developer Forum ÿ 13 November 2003 - Kista, Sweden For more details: http://e-www.motorola.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?nodeId=02VS0llCc5pzMPprDm Collateral - New IBM Datasheet ÿ Mentor Graphics and IBM partner to support the leading IBM PowerPC microprocessors. Downlonad this datasheet and others at: http://www.mentor.com/seamless/datasheets/index.html Press Coverage ÿ Mentor Graphics Announces Scalable Verification Platform - New Technologies Help Bridge the Verification Gap http://www.mentor.com/press_releases/oct03/1065803579185.html?sitehead=soc&navtabs=soc_1:3,emulation_2&nav=emulation user2user Call for Papers ÿ We are soliciting user papers on the application of advanced Seamless hw/sw co-verification features and techniques. Some of the topics our user community would find useful include: Debugging pipelined ASICs and concurrent DMA access Tips and Tricks: Effective use of optimizations Tips and tricks: Concurrent timers Tips and tricks: Memory mapping Tips and tricks: XRAY macros to achieve interesting things Using Seamless to solve difficult verification problems Debugging cache problems HCE: Write a device driver without running a real RTOS on the ISS If you identify an applicable topic you are interested in authoring and would like assistance in writing the paper, please email us at seamless_info@mentor.com ÿ Pass this newsletter on to a colleague! If this newsletter has been forwarded to you from a colleague and you would you like to continue to receive this monthly newsletter register now . We will send you the latest technical publications, release information, and upcoming events. 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