Hardware, Software Co-Verification for the Motorola PowerPC Microprocessor
DeskPOD uses Motorola MPC7400 silicon to provide a complete model with the accuracy demanded by hardware engineers and the performance and ease of use required by software engineers. Unlike software models, DeskPOD provides full MPC7400 functionality and complete software debugging capability through the GNU debugger for PowerPC microprocessors.
DeskPOD provides a model that allows verification of the MPX bus protocol. It is used during logic simulation by hardware engineers to verify ASIC and FPGA designs which interface to the MPC7400, and by software developers in a HW/SW co-verification environment for testing system initialization software, diagnostic software and device drivers.
The MPC7400 microprocessor is the newest and highest performing member of the PowerPC microprocessor family that is used extensively in networking, telecommunications, other high-end embedded systems, scientific computing, and desktop computer markets. Motorola's newest generation PowerPC microprocessor supports up to two megabytes of backside L2 cache, twice that of the MPC750 microprocessor. Simpod's MPC7400 model supports the new high-bandwidth MPX bus featuring reduced idle cycles, full data streaming for burst reads and writes, increased address pipelining, out-of-order transactions, and data intervention in multiprocessing systems.
DeskPOD is available now. Pricing begins at $30,000 (USD). Models are available for the following PowerPC microprocessors: MPC850/60, MPC8260, MPC603e, MPC740/50 and MPC7400
Packaged in a convenient desktop form factor, the DeskPOD hardware modeling unit supports up to 608 fully programmable signals that are connected between a digital device and a logic simulation environment. DeskPOD delivers unprecedented performance and accuracy for complex digital devices such as microprocessors, bus interface components, system controllers, and networking interface chips.
Multiple DeskPOD units can be incorporated into the verification process to deliver a complete board or system simulation environment. DeskPOD models are tightly coupled with today's most popular logic simulators including Verilog-XL and NC-Verilog from Cadence Design Systems, VCS from Synopsys, ModelSim from Mentor Graphics, and Super Finsim from Fintronic USA. DeskPOD also offers integration with software debuggers such as GNU gdb to provide a co-verification solution.
Simpod offers high-performance hardware modeling systems for use in the design and verification of digital electronic systems. The company's patented and patent-pending technologies are incorporated in the DeskPOD product for use in design and verification of embedded systems and systems-on-chip (SoC).
Simpod Inc., 3080 Olcott Street, Suite 100A, Santa Clara, CA, 95054. Phone: 408-330-9300, Fax: 408-330-9301, Email - Charlie Miller: info@simpod.com