| Synopsys Collaborates with Renesas to Develop Virtual Prototypes to Speed Software Debug and System Testing for Renesas' MCU-Based Designs | | |
August 1, 2012 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced a collaboration with Renesas Electronics Corp. to develop and deploy advanced software-development solutions optimized for designs based on Renesas microcontrollers (MCUs), including the recently announced RH850 family. The collaboration includes establishment of a Virtual MCU Center of Excellence with a dedicated team of engineers from both companies that will develop, among other commercial products, system-level models and Virtualizer Development Kits (VDKs) to accelerate software development and system testing for Renesas RH850-based designs. VDKs are software development tools integrating functional models of digital hardware, providing full visibility and controllability of single and multicore systems for unparalleled software debug and analysis capabilities.
"Our collaboration with Synopsys represents a long-term investment to improve the way software is developed and integrated into automotive subsystems," said Hisashi Takahashi, General Manager of the MCU Software Division, MCU Business Unit, Renesas Electronics. "The Virtual MCU Center of Excellence brings together the unique expertise of both companies to extend and optimize proven virtual-prototyping technology for users of Renesas microcontrollers. The availability of VDKs for Renesas' RH850 MCUs will enable software developers and teams performing system integration and test throughout the automotive supply chain to shorten development cycles and improve product testability and reliability."
Renesas' recently announced 32-bit RH850 MCU family is architected to support single- and multicore configurations that meet the processing requirements of a wide variety of automotive applications such as safety, body and engine control, driver interfaces and infotainment. These applications require designers to debug and validate an increasing amount of software code, often at multiple stages in the system-development process. VDKs supporting the Renesas RH850 will allow software developers to start writing and testing code months before hardware availability. In addition, Synopsys' VDKs will enable rapid deployment of virtual Hardware-in-the-Loop testbenches to increase code coverage and enhance fault testing.
Availability
The VDKs for Renesas' RH850 MCUs are scheduled to be available from Synopsys in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Posted by John Miklosz
Go to the Synopsys, Inc. website for details.
| E-mail Synopsys, Inc. for more information.
| Keywords: ASICs, ASIC design,embedded system design, embedded systems, microcontrollers, MCUs, EDA, EDA tools, electronic design automation, virtual prototyping, Synopsys, Virtualizer Development Kits (VDKs), Renesas Electronics,
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