Simpod Delivers a Co-Verification Solution for the Motorola MPC7450 PowerPC Microprocessor.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 2001 Simpod Inc. (Santa Clara, CA), an EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. company in the embedded systems verification space, today announced support for the Motorola MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. 7450 PowerPC(TM) microprocessor for use with the Company's DeskPOD(TM) modeling system. DeskPOD utilizes Motorola MPC7450 silicon to provide a cycle-accurate model for use with Verilog and VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) A hardware description language (HDL) used to design electronic systems at the component, board and system level. VHDL allows models to be developed at a very high level of abstraction. simulators and interfaces with the GNU Debugger to provide a software development environment based on simulation netlist. Unlike software models, DeskPOD provides full MPC7450 functionality and complete software execution capability. "Customers are telling us that using bus functional models is just one component of verifying a design connected to the MPC7450 and does not allow them to test a real code on it," said Yiftach Tzori, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. at Simpod. "This became especially important for multiprocessor designs where cache coherency is the most difficult verification challenge." "Simpod has extensive experience working with Power PC processors from Motorola," said Brian Wilkie, corporate vice president and general manager for Motorola's Computing Platform Division. "Their DeskPOD modeling system will help our customers more easily simulate high performance MPC7450 Power PC system designs, resulting in accelerated time to market and enhanced product portfolios. DeskPOD is used during logic simulation by hardware engineers to verify ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. designs which interface to the MPC7450, and by software for testing system initialization in·i·tial·ize tr.v. in·i·tial·ized, in·i·tial·iz·ing, in·i·tial·iz·es Computer Science 1. To set (a starting value of a variable). 2. To prepare (a computer or a printer) for use; boot. 3. software, diagnostic software and device drivers. Simpod's MPC7450 model also showcases one of DeskPOD's key technologies, software programmable voltages. The MPC7450 operates with an I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output voltage of 1.8V or 2.5 V. DeskPOD can accommodate devices with voltages as low as 1.25 V and can provide up to four independent voltages that are software programmable. About the Motorola MPC7450 PowerPC(TM) Microprocessor The MPC7450 microprocessor is the newest and highest performing member of the PowerPC microprocessor family which is used extensively in network control, telecommunications, high-end embedded systems, scientific and computing applications. The MPC7450 runs on low power 1.6V design with speeds up to 733 MHz. A unique L2 private memory mode allows the L2 cache memory to be used as either a fast backside cache or as high-speed system memory. The MPC7450 AltiVec(TM) SIMD (Single Instruction stream Multiple Data stream) A computer that performs one operation on multiple sets of data. It is typically used to add or multiply eight or more sets of numbers at the same time for multimedia encoding and rendering as well as scientific technology provides 128-bit vector processing for additional gains in performance. Availability DeskPOD is available now. Models are available for the following PowerPC microprocessors from Motorola: MPC850/60, MPC8260, MPC603e, MPC740/50, MPC7400, MPC7410 and MPC7450. About DeskPOD Packaged in a convenient desktop form factor, the DeskPOD hardware modeling unit supports up to 600 fully programmable signals that are connected between a digital device and a logic simulation environment. DeskPOD delivers PowerPC models of unprecedented performance and accuracy. Multiple DeskPOD units can be incorporated into the verification process to deliver a complete board or system simulation environment. DeskPOD models are tightly coupled with today's most popular logic simulators including Verilog-XL(TM) and NC-Verilog(TM) from Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , VCS (1) (Verilog Computer Simulator) See Verilog. (2) (Version Control System) See version control. (TM) from Synopsys, ModelSim(TM) from Mentor Graphics, and Super Finsim(TM) from Fintronic USA. About Simpod, Inc. Simpod, Inc. offers a new generation of high-performance hardware modeling systems for use in the design and verification of digital electronic systems. The company's technologies are incorporated in the DeskPOD product for use in design and verification of embedded systems. More information about the company and its products may be obtained from the World Wide Web at http://www.simpod.com. Notes to Editors: Graphics and photo available on request. Reader Service Information Simpod Inc., 3080 Olcott Street, Suite 100A Santa Clara, CA, 95054 Phone: (408) 330-9300, Fax: (408) 330-9301 http://www.simpod.com, info@simpod.com Acronyms: EDA Electronic Design Automation HW/SW HW/SW Hardware/Software Hardware and Software Simpod and DeskPOD are trademarks of Simpod, Inc. Motorola is a registered trademark of Motorola, Inc. PowerPC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation, used under license therefrom. All other trademarks and tradenames are the properties of their respective holders. |
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