Mentor
Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ:MENT), a leader in advanced system
verification solutions, today announced hardware and software solutions
to accelerate the verification of High-Definition Multimedia Interface
(HDMI) version 2.0 products. Using the Mentor® verification solutions,
designers can test the HDMI 2.0 devices integrated on their
System-on-Chip (SoC) designs, and develop and stress-test their software
and hardware with billions of verification cycles before silicon is
available.
The first new product is iSolve™
Multimedia, which has a ‘plug-and-play’ hardware interface to the Veloce®
family of hardware
emulators. It provides a cost-effective and efficient solution to
verify new HDMI 2.0 devices (chips for set-top-boxes, digital TVs, PCs,
tablets, and mobile phones) in the SoC design. Users can create
compliant HDMI 2.0 frames on-the-fly from industry-standard files, such
as AVI or other file formats, and exercise their design with thousands
of HDMI frames. High-performance, graphical analysis tools help to
identify problems related to the digital video/audio output from the
user’s design, and perform debug that is critical in determining the
functional correctness of the SoC. This new hardware solution adds to
the existing iSolve family of solutions for the accelerated verification
of applications such as networking, embedded systems, wireless, storage,
and multimedia devices.
Complementing the iSolve solution is the Mentor Veloce VirtuaLAB
Multimedia for HDMI 2.0 that provides the same level of functionality
for HDMI users as the iSolve solution, but in a pure software-based
environment or “virtual lab” environment. This option increases the
flexibility of using the Veloce emulator for multiple users worldwide,
where they can use the Veloce emulator as a data center resource and not
be concerned with hardware setups.
The final product delivered for HDMI 2.0 is a verification IP (VIP)
solution. This delivers both a simulation environment, using the Questa®
functional verification platform, and accelerated simulation environment
using the Veloce emulator for the verification of HDMI 2.0-compliant
devices. It generates the appropriate stimuli for the Design-Under-Test
(DUT), passing packets, or transactions, of protocol data for tests. The
VIP solution also provides a high-level Application Programming
Interface (API) for use with multiple test-bench environments, such as
SystemVerilog/UVM and SystemC, and provides example test environments
that can exercise the emulated HDMI 2.0 device. All solutions are also
compatible with the previous HDMI 1.4 standard for user flexibility.
“Our ability to provide industry-leading solutions for the verification
of SoC designs containing HDMI devices is critical to the success of our
customers developing high-performance consumer products,” said Eric
Selosse, vice president and general manager, Mentor Emulation Division.
“In delivering these new HDMI 2.0 solutions for both simulation
acceleration and emulation, Mentor has again demonstrated our leadership
position as the premier supplier of hardware-assisted products for
multimedia applications, and shows our commitment to providing customers
with the best-in-class emulation solutions for the latest-generation
HDMI standards.”
The new HDMI 2.0 products deliver use modes with traditional in-circuit
emulation (ICE), virtual lab emulation, and high-performance,
transaction-based acceleration. When combined with the Veloce2
emulator, the latest-generation emulator from Mentor Graphics®, these
Multimedia products deliver high-performance and easy-to-use IP and
system-level verification for verifying SoCs containing HDMI 2.0
devices, without compromising delivery schedules.
All three solutions are available for deployment at customer sites
effective immediately. For product information on the Mentor HDMI 2.0
solutions, contact your Mentor sales representative, call 800-547-3000,
or visit the website at www.mentor.com/med.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic hardware and
software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and
award-winning support for the world’s most successful electronic,
semiconductor and systems companies. Established in 1981, the company
reported revenues in the last fiscal year of nearly $1,090 million.
Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road,
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
(Mentor Graphics, Mentor, Veloce and Questa are registered trademarks of
Mentor Graphics Corporation and iSolve is a trademark of Mentor Graphics
Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered
trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.)
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