CoWare and ARM Partner to Enable Rapid Configuration of AMBA NIC-301 Network Interconnect-Based SoC Designs in SystemC.New CoWare SBL-301 SystemC Bus Library for CoWare Platform Architect provides configurability, visibility and rapid turn-around time, enabling system designers to efficiently optimize AMBA AMBA Area Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Spanish) AMBA Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture AMBA American Mold Builders Association AMBA American Mustang and Burro Association AMBA Association of Master of Business Administration NIC-301 network interconnect-based designs SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- ARM TechCon3 Conference CoWare([R]), Inc., the leading supplier of Electronic System Virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. [TM] software and services, and ARM (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :ARM) (Nasdaq:ARMH ARMH Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (Spanish) ARMH Atlanta Ronald McDonald House ARMH Academy of Religion and Mental Health ) today announced their partnership to provide system designers with a new SystemC solution for the efficient configuration of AMBA([R]) NIC-301 Network Interconnect based SoC Designs. The announcement includes the launch of CoWare's new SBL-301 SystemC Bus Library for CoWare Platform Architect, enabling early configuration, exploration, and optimization of next-generation system-on-chip (SoC) architectures using AMBA([R]) technology-based virtual platforms in SystemC, and a new agreement enabling CoWare direct distribution and support of the ARM([R]) AMBA designer ADR-301 tool for AMBA NIC-301 configuration. "Our AMBA NIC-301 Network Interconnect is a highly configurable Fabric IP that allows our customers to better meet their performance goals. CoWare's adoption of the latest generation AMBA Network Interconnect into their Platform Architect portfolio is a significant demonstration of their commitment to support ARM's customers designing at the system-level in SystemC," said Andy Nightingale nightingale, common name for a migratory Old World bird of the family Turdidae (thrush family), celebrated for its vocal powers. The common nightingale of England and Western Europe, Luscinia megarhynchos, is about 6 1-2 in. (16. , product marketing manager - Processor Division, ARM. "The pressure facing our customers to meet their increased performance, cost and low power requirements is placing a big burden on system architects to define the right architecture," said Patrick Sheridan, director of marketing, CoWare. "Based on CoWare's patented Bus Compiler technology, our new SBL-301 SystemC Bus Library for Platform Architect enables system architects to truly benefit from the unique capabilities of ARM's AMBA NIC-301 Network Interconnect. CoWare is excited to announce the results of our partnership with ARM." New Technology for CoWare Platform Architect CoWare virtual platforms for architecture design are the virtualized representation of an electronic system used for the purpose of system-level performance analysis and architecture optimization. The CoWare Platform Architect flow provides system architects with the ability to efficiently capture the dynamic performance workloads of each application subsystem of a multi-function SoC in the form of transaction traffic, months before software is available and with minimum modeling effort using a well-defined, repeatable methodology. Highlights of the flow resulting from this agreement include: * Fast and accurate SBL-301 SystemC Bus Library that fully models the AMBA NIC-301 Network Interconnect at the transaction-level for architecture exploration and performance optimization. * System-level visibility in the Platform Architect graphical environment for AMBA protocol-aware transaction tracing, statistical analysis of interconnect performance at its ports and internally across hierarchical transaction paths, interconnect resource utilization and contention statistics enabling performance measurement of transaction count, transaction throughput, latency, and more. * Configurability in Platform Architect across a broad range of AMBA NIC-301 Network Interconnect architectures and parameter settings. Configurations in Platform Architect can be set at run-time, enabling efficient simulation sweeping, data collection, sensitivity analysis, root cause analysis, and the optimization of performance and cost from thousands of candidate architectures New CoWare Distribution of ARM ADR-301 As part of the agreement CoWare will directly distribute and support the ARM AMBA designer ADR-301 tool for use with Platform Architect. The integration between CoWare Platform Architect and the AMBA designer ADR-301 tool efficiently manages the configuration information for the system-level exploration, uses the configuration checks in AMBA designer ADR-301 tool to validate candidate architectures, and adds the detailed settings in AMBA designer ADR-301 used for RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; verification and implementation. RTL generation licenses for all AMBA Systems IP, including the AMBA([R]) NIC-301 Network Interconnect and Low Power DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory Controllers are available from ARM. Availability The new CoWare SBL-301 SystemC Bus Library and architecture design solution featuring CoWare Platform Architect and AMBA designer ADR-301 is available for early customer evaluation today, with production release in December 2009. About CoWare Solutions for ARM technology-based Designs CoWare is the leading global supplier of electronic system virtualization solutions for software development, platform architecture design and platform verification of ARM technology-based platforms. CoWare combines ARM instruction-accurate processor models and implementation-accurate Carbonized ARM models within one standards-based SystemC design environment. The CoWare solutions enable engineers to take full advantage of the capabilities of the entire range of ARM system elements in the context of the actual design; from ARM memory controllers and interconnects to application and embedded processors and embedded firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. . About CoWare CoWare is the leading global supplier of electronic system virtualization software and services. IP, semiconductor, and electronics companies use CoWare virtualization solutions to design better processor- and software-intensive products faster. CoWare solutions solve the new design challenges associated with platform architecture design, platform verification, application sub-system design, processor design, DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive algorithm design Algorithm design is a specific method to create a mathematical process in solving problems. Applied algorithm design is Algorithm engineering. Algorithm design is identified and incorporated into many solution theories of operation research, such as dynamic , and software development, and are based on open industry standards including SystemC. These solutions also enable IP and semiconductor companies to implement more effective go-to-market strategies. CoWare's corporate investors include ARM, Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. (NASDAQ:CDNS CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc (stock symbol) CDNS Climatological Data National Summary CDNS Command Data Network System CDNS Customer and Data Network Services (Sprint) ), STMicroelectronics (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. ), and Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE SNe Supernovae (astronomy) SNE Sony Corporation (stock symbol) SNE Syndicat National de l'edition (French Publisher's Association) SNE Society for Nutrition Education ). CoWare is headquartered in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif., and has offices around the world. For more information about CoWare and its products and services visit http://www.coware.com. About ARM ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com. CoWare is a registered trademark and Electronic System Virtualization is a trademark of CoWare, Inc. ARM and AMBA are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 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