FastVeri™ Product Structure

Hardware/Software Co-Simulation Framework

FastVeri inlcudes: (1) C2SystemC Converter that converts C code of the software to the corresponding SystemC model with timing information [*4] and (2) a profiling tool that works together with C2SystemC and analyzes the logs of the simulations with timing information to measure cycles of the software executed on the target CPU, hit and miss ratios of the cache, and so forth.

SystemC models generated with the back-annotation tool are executable with the SystemC reference simulator provided by OSCI and other commercially available ones.

The target CPUs supported by the back-annotation tool currently includes ARM7, ARM9, and ARM9E. Other processors will be added one after another to the list as well. Furthermore, the target compilers supported by the back-annotation tool will be expanded similarly.

[*4] C2SystemC Converter can generates SpecC language model as well. You can then simulate the models with VisualSpec, our ESL design tool.