Date: 29/04/2012

Veloce2 emulation platform with VirtuaLAB capabilities launched by Mentor Graphics

Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced the availability of the Veloce2 platform, the next generation of emulation solutions for the verification of electronic system and systems on chip (SoC) designs.

The Veloce2 platform is built to accommodate up to two billion gate designs. This delivers twice the performance, twice the capacity and four times productivity gain in the same footprint and power consumption as the first generation Veloce platform.

A virtual lab environment called Veloce VirtuaLAB is provided to verify complex electronics systems and embedded software that make up the system prior to first silicon availability.

Veloce2 is built upon custom emulation IC, Crystal2 that delivers fast compilation, full debug visibility, and advanced memory modeling.

The Veloce2 in concert with VirtuaLAB peripherals provides environment for software and hardware engineers to verify the embedded software and SoC components of a variety of products such as high-end CPUs, network switches/routers, digital set-top boxes, tablet PCs, netbooks, smartphones, digital cameras and other electronic products.

"Mentor is once again leading the way in emulation by delivering pioneering solutions that can be easily used and expanded across multiple design teams for the verification of complex electronic systems," said Eric Selosse, vice president and general manager of the Mentor emulation division. "Veloce2 and VirtuaLAB, our next-generation of plug-and-play peripherals, further enhance our position as the premier vendor of complete emulation solutions."

The Veloce2 platform and Veloce VirtuaLAB are available.