Mentor Graphics Veloce emulator adopted by ZTE to accelerate time-to-market for next-gen SoCs

WILSONVILLE, USA: Mentor Graphics Corp. announced that ZTE Corp., has adopted the Mentor Veloce product for the complete system-level verification of its next-generation SoC chips for networking applications. ZTE chose the Veloce product due to its superior performance, debug capabilities, accuracy, and extensive portfolio of vertical market solutions for the verification of networking, multimedia designs, and wireless designs.

“ZTE’s goal is to deliver high-quality products to our customers that create value, demonstrate innovation, and that are also very reliable,” said Hengqi Liu, CTO of Datacomm at ZTE. “During the verification stage of a new product, we face significant challenges in meeting this goal and reduce the risks involved in the integration of our advanced SoCs. We chose to use Veloce for the pre-silicon testing and verification of our next-generation SoCs, allowing us to meet the challenges we face in delivering new products on-time and with a high-level of quality that satisfies our customers.”

The Veloce platform, with dual mode accelerator and emulator, provides high performance for both transaction-based verification and traditional in-circuit emulation (ICE). With an extensive portfolio of both physical and virtual solutions for industry standard protocols and interfaces, Veloce is the platform of choice for networking, wireless, multimedia, storage, and embedded systems applications.

“We have worked closely with ZTE to provide a best-in-class emulation solution that meets their needs and addresses the challenges they face in verifying their next-generation telecommunication designs,” said Eric Selosse, Mentor Emulation Division (MED) VP and GM. “We are delighted that ZTE benefits from our latest generation Veloce emulators, and we continue to support them for future success in the verification of their latest products.”