EVE’s ZeBu-Server First Emulator Capable of Handling One-Billion Gate Designs
ZeBu-Server, EVE’s new, scalable emulation system, supports high-capacity designs of up to one-billion application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) gates, the first commercial emulator to do so. Consequently, it is suitable for all system-on-chip (SoC) verification needs across the entire development cycle, from hardware verification, hardware/software integration to embedded software validation.
With its fully parallel synthesis, partitioning and place and route features, ZeBu-Server can accelerate first-time compilation, while an incremental compilation capability speeds design changes. Its compiler includes a multicore acceleration feature to break the linearity of the compile time on large designs. Depending on the design’s complexity, compile times range from five- to 30-million gates per hour on PC farms.
ZeBu-Server offers automated, fast and incremental compilation from SystemVerilog, Verilog and VHDL register transfer level (RTL) code. As an interactive hardware/software debugging tool, it includes complete RTL signal waveform dumping and support for SystemVerilog Assertions.
Its scalability serves a broad variety of design sizes and styles, from 10-million to one-billion ASIC gates, in increments of 10-million, 20-million or 40-million gates. Used as a multi-user, multi-mode accelerator/emulator, its typical performance is approximately 10 megahertz (MHz) on a 40-million gate design. ZeBu-Server is priced at less than a penny per gate for large configurations.
Execution speed is critical for large SoCs where hardware integration and software applications require fast initialization and billions of cycles to be executed in the shortest time. ZeBu-Server’s performance, high-capacity, automated compilation and interactive debugging capabilities make it ideal for verifying high-end graphics and processor chips, applications where custom chip-based emulators struggle to reach speeds of a few hundred kilohertz.
Recent benchmarks show that ZeBu-Server can emulate a single design at a speed of up to 30 megahertz (MHz). Additional benchmarks proved that it can emulate a one-billion gate design at a speed of one MHz, 100-million gates at speeds reaching five MHz and a 10-million gate design at a speed of 10MHz.
ZeBu-Server is able to communicate with multiple host PCs at up to three gigabits per second (Gbps) per machine. This enables a video transactor to display high-definition television images at multiple frames per second or to download the entire system-on-chip (SoC) software content in the emulator in a fraction of second.
Nine of the top 10 semiconductor companies use ZeBu (Zero Bugs) emulation platforms in their verification flow. These platforms are used for SoC hardware verification and software development to shorten time to tapeout, improve product quality and eliminate costly respins, while shortening software development time ahead of silicon.
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