Hello Michael As you requested, following is your SoC Design and Co-Verification News Update featuring Platform Express™ for platform-based design, Seamless® for hardware/software co-verification, and Seamless ASAP for system optimization. IN THIS ISSUE: Technical Publications Announcing Seamless 5.3 Case Study PSPs Update Web Seminars Live Events Press Releases and Article Technical Publications   Migrating Software to Hardware on FPGAs Seamless FPGA Speeds Verification for Xilinx Virtex-4 and Virtex-II Pro FPGAs Measuring and Tuning Real-Time Performance of Embedded Systems Check out the entire archive of technical papers available.   Announcing Seamless 5.3 Seamless 5.3, released in December, focuses on providing compatibility with the latest logic simulation platforms from Mentor Graphics, Cadence, and Synopsys. The current simulator version compatibility for Seamless 5.3 includes the following: Simulator ModelSim Incisive (NCSim) VCS, Scirocco, VCS MX SystemC          Version 5.7 and higher LDV 5.1 and earlier 7.1_1 and higher 2.0.1 Find out more details about Seamless.   Case Study   Seamless Co-Verification for 802.11b SoC Design Written by the Beijing Embedded System Key Lab PSPs Update Seamless for hardware/software co-verification supports more than 100 Processor Support Packages (PSPs). Visit us to find a complete list. New PSP releases: ARM: ARM1176 - Models the ARM1176JZ-S and ARM1176JZF-S cores including the AMBA 3.0 AXI bus interfaces Archived Web Seminars Full System Verification and Analysis for StarCore SC1000 Family of Processors View entire online seminar archive   Live Events »   Seminar: Faster Completion of Your Embedded Design February 3, 2005 Montreal, QC   »   TI Developer Conference February 15-17, 2005 Houston, TX Stop by Mentor's booth to see a demo.   »   Embedded Systems Conference March 6-10, 2005 San Francisco, CA Stop at Booth #1614 to see a demo.   »   DATE (Design, Automation and Test in Europe) March 7-11, 2005 Munich, Germany   Press Releases and Article »   Press Releases Mentor Graphics Announces Platform Express Product Support for the New SPIRIT 1.0 Specification - December 8, 2004 Release of SPIRIT Specification Enables IP and Tool-Set Interoperability - December 8, 2004 »   Industry Article ECSI Letter: C-Based Virtual Prototyping     Feedback We would appreciate any feedback you have regarding this newsletter's content.   Return to Top   Best Regards, Mentor Graphics Corporation SoC Design and Verification Division http://www.mentor.com/products/fv/hwsw_coverification/index.cfm If you do not wish to receive future SoC Design and Co-Verification News updates, update your subscription or reply to this email message with "Optout dolinsky@gsu.by" in the subject. Mentor Graphics 8005 SW Boeckman Road Wilsonville, OR, 97070, USA 800-547-3000 or 503-685-8000 Copyright© 2002 Mentor Graphics Corporation. Mentor Graphics, Seamless, ModelSim and XRAY are registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. C-Bridge and Platform Express are trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are trademarks of their respective owners.