The success of large-budget ASIC projects depends on the up-front choices made for their verification.  Because of the increase in design complexity, speed, and large amounts of embedded software in today’s designs, the choice of the hardware-assisted verification method to be used is more important than ever before.  This technical hands-on tutorial, designed for SoC design and verification engineers, system validation engineers and software and firmware developers, will detail how rapid prototyping solves the challenges associated with traditional verification approaches and brings together all of the critical components into a complete and affordable solution that enables you to find even the hardest-to-find hardware bugs, start software development earlier in the design cycle and integrate hardware and software well ahead of chip fabrication.

To fully demonstrate how rapid prototyping is used for pre-silicon validation and software development, multiple laptops with pre-installed software and actual rapid prototyping boards will be available in a workshop lab environment. The tutorial is based on a synthesizable model of a 32-bit processor compliant with the SPARC V8 architecture and will guide users on how to take the design from implementation to full debug visibility.

After completing this unique hands-on tutorial, users will have a comprehensive understanding of how the different components of an integrated software and hardware solution fit together into a seamless debug flow.  

This tutorial is limited to 40 participants.
 
Due to the proprietary nature of the discussions, the presenting company reserves the right to refuse access to employees or contractors of competitors.