Electronic systems of all sizes are routinely being integrated into single integrated circuits (ICs). While the largest systems-on-chip (SoC) make headlines, there are numerous small and medium SoCs that must be implemented quickly and efficiently. Verification of these designs must include hardware, low-level software (operating systems and drivers), and application software. This verification requires three coordinated approaches.

The Veloce family of verification tools includes the Veloce Strato emulation platform and the Veloce Primo enterprise prototyping platform, which focus primarily on the verification of hardware and its interface to low-level software infrastructure. These constitute two out of the three necessary verification vehicles

The Veloce proFPGA difference

There are four ways in which the Veloce proFPGA system differs from the prototyping tools of the past:

• Hardware compilation that is consistent with compilation for the Veloce Strato and Veloce Primo systems
• Modularity and configurability
• Ease of set up
• Scalability

The Veloce proFPGA prototyping platform is explicitly designed to be a complement to the Veloce Strato and Veloce Primo platforms. This means that a hardware design can be conveniently compiled for any of the Veloce systems with minimal effort. In addition to making the development process more efficient, it also means that prototyping — and therefore software design — can start earlier, since hardware changes can be easily and smoothly ported to the prototype as the design matures.