Siemens Digital Industries Software has launched a new hardware-assisted verification and validation system called Veloce CS, which aims to transform the emulation and prototyping processes for complex chip and system designs.
The Veloce CS system consists of three novel products: Veloce Strato CS, Veloce Primo CS, and Veloce proFPGA CS. These products leverage the latest AMD Versal Premium VP1902 FPGA-based adaptive SoC, which delivers high performance, scalability, and flexibility for a wide range of applications.
Veloce Strato CS: The next-generation emulation platform
Veloce Strato CS is the successor of the Veloce Strato emulation platform, which has been widely used by chip designers and system integrators for verifying large-scale ASICs and SoCs. Veloce Strato CS offers significant improvements over its predecessor, such as:
- Up to 5x faster emulation performance while maintaining full visibility and debug capabilities
- Scalability from 40 million gates (MG) to 40+ billion gates (BG) with a single operating system and software environment
- Enhanced design visibility and debug features, such as waveform generation, power analysis, and hardware/software co-verification
- Support for cloud deployment and remote access for distributed teams and customers
Veloce Strato CS enables faster and more accurate verification of complex designs, such as AI chips, 5G base stations, automotive systems, and data center solutions. It also facilitates early software development and validation, as well as system-level testing and integration.
Veloce Primo CS: The industry’s most congruent enterprise prototyping platform
Veloce Primo CS is a new FPGA-based enterprise prototyping platform that provides a fast and reliable transition from emulation to prototyping. Veloce Primo CS shares the same compile and runtime software with Veloce Strato CS, ensuring full congruency and seamless migration between the platforms. Veloce Primo CS also features:
- The industry’s highest capacity and performance FPGA-based prototyping system, based on AMD’s VP1902 Versal FPGAs
- A blade-based architecture that supports heterogeneous workloads and multi-user capabilities
- A modular and flexible design that scales from 40MG to 40+BG with minimal hardware changes
- A rich ecosystem of apps and solutions for prototyping, such as memory models, transactors, and virtual platforms
Veloce Primo CS is ideal for executing software workloads that require high speed and low latency, such as OS boot, firmware development, application testing, and system integration. It also enables hardware/software co-design and co-verification, as well as digital twin modeling and simulation.
Veloce proFPGA CS: The fast and comprehensive software prototyping solution
Veloce proFPGA CS is a new software prototyping solution that leverages the AMD VP1902 Versal FPGAs to deliver a high-performance and cost-effective platform for firmware, operating system, and application development. Veloce proFPGA CS offers:
- A fast and easy setup process that does not require any hardware or software changes
- A highly flexible and modular design that scales from one FPGA to hundreds
- A high-speed interface that connects to the host PC via PCIe Gen4 x16
- A comprehensive set of tools and IP for software development, debug, and analysis
Veloce proFPGA CS enables software developers and testers to accelerate their tasks and reduce their time-to-market. It also supports hardware/software co-simulation and co-emulation with Veloce Strato CS and Veloce Primo CS, as well as third-party tools and platforms.
