ProximusDA teams with ST to develop next-gen distributed SOC TLM virtual prototypes

GERMANY: ProximusDA GmbH, a company based in Munich, Germany, announced its joint efforts with STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, to develop the next generation of software virtual prototypes.

The collaboration combines ProximusDA’s expertise in parallel code distribution with STMicroelectronics’ deep knowledge of Transaction Level Modeling (TLM) and advanced distributed-computing architecture.

ProximusDA has developed a technology to enable the distribution and execution of complex distributed applications over multi-core CPUs and GPUs. The foundation of this technology relies on a formal and explicit system-level communication modeling at the transaction level throughout the complete system.
ProximusRealizer, a ProximusDA product announced last year at DAC in San Francisco, leverages its distributed execution kernel to support critical SOC design tasks:

* Capturing and executing SOC functional specifications (HW independent system level specs).
* System level hardware and software architecture explorations and specifications.
* Embedded software development, mapping and distributed execution and profiling.
* System-level hardware verification and software validation.