ARM announces RealView system generator

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Generates instruction-accurate prototypes for embedded software developers and multimedia creative professionals.

ARM announced at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, Calif., the ARM RealView System Generator tool, a tightly integrated member of the RealView series of tools, which enables platform providers to rapidly generate, by themselves, instruction-accurate virtual prototypes that are scaleable, reusable and fast enough to interact with in real time.

“Virtual platforms that provide the software developer with an early view of the hardware and peripherals represent a big step forward in the ongoing push toward concurrent development of the entire system,” said vice president, Gartner Dataquest, Daya Nadamuni, “Because a high-level representation of the hardware allows application development to begin much earlier in the design cycle, software developers can explore different options, test and verify the product and still hit the market window.”

The RealView System Generator tool gives hardware and software engineers alike the power to create and modify the

ir own system models, which keeps NRE costs under control and protects unique IP by dispensing with third-party consultancies.

The speed of the generated virtual prototypes is comparable to the speed of currently available mobile devices, making it possible to test application software as it will appear on the end device, months before hardware is available.

“For a highly differentiated consumer electronics product to succeed, electronics vendors need a way to generate application software, perform testing of hardware and application software integration and validate the end-user experience as early as possible,” said general manager, Development Systems, ARM, Bryn Parry, “The RealView System Generator tool provides a target early in the design cycle that enables these tasks, and is easy to deploy.”

Silicon vendors, OS or software vendors or system OEMs working with SoC- or ASIC-based systems benefit from the RealView System Generator tool because it enables app