Starblaze has made a long-term detailed analysis of the existing solutions in the hardware acceleration simulation market. The Veloce hardware acceleration simulation platform was selected and deployed because of its excellent virtualization technology and storage protocol support, rich software debugging capabilities, and proven success in providing innovative hardware acceleration simulation technology."The enterprise SSD market is growing rapidly, which requires that the SoC verification technology we use must fully meet our needs, especially in terms of flexibility and high-performance protocol support," said yixin CEO Sky Shen. "After applying the Veloce hardware acceleration simulation platform to our latest high performance enterprise SSD controller project STAR1000, we firmly believe that the virtualization solution to enrich and extend software debugging capabilities is a trend of hardware acceleration simulation technology in the future."For SSD storage space, it is extremely important that the design team identify hidden hardware errors before they go into production, as well as study the architecture and tune performance. VirtuaLAB PCIe, used by virtualcore technology, ensures the connection between the HOST server and the Veloce platform. VirtuaLAB PCIe's debugging productivity is so high that yixin can "copy" its software design kit without any modification or adjustment. Except the Veloce VirtuaLAB, have core technology also USES the Mentor Codelink ® software debugging capabilities to meet the needs of embedded core software debugging. The Veloce platform provides two sparse storage model solutions, HW and SW, for the flash interface, allowing storage applications to make the necessary trade-offs.ICE and virtualization: complementary technologiesWith the Veloce hardware acceleration simulation platform, the validation team was able to seamlessly integrate the advantages of both ICE based and virtual hardware acceleration simulation environments. Internal circuit simulation (ICE) is the "essential" basic hardware acceleration simulation use model for SoC design, provided that the SoC design needs to be connected to the peripheral real devices or where customized hardware connection is required. Veloce iSolve ™ library to establish a powerful based on ICE process provides the full range of hardware components.The Veloce hardware acceleration simulation platform ensures that more and more validation teams are transitioning smoothly from ICE based processes to virtual processes. Veloce Deterministic ICE applications provide ICE with complementary technologies to eliminate the uncertainty of ICE and implement advanced validation technologies, including debugging, power consumption analysis, coverage convergence and software debugging.Veloce VirtuaLAB is fully virtualized in its environment, providing virtual, ICE equivalent high-speed host protocols and storage devices, and providing greater flexibility for hardware/software system-level debugging, power analysis, and system performance analysis."The Veloce hardware acceleration simulation platform continues to provide a full range of powerful hardware acceleration simulation solutions to all markets facing unique challenges," said Eric Selosse, Mentor's vice President and general manager of hardware acceleration simulation. "Yexin's expertise in flash memory controllers and SoC design, combined with our deep understanding of the capabilities of virtual solutions, will help deliver compelling and competitive products in a timely manner."
