Carbon Design Systems and Arteris Inc. have implemented a partnership agreement that enables accurate models of Arteris NoC interconnect IP to be generated, managed and distributed using the Carbon IP Exchange web portal. The joint Carbon/Arteris solution offers design teams a way to easily create and import accurate Arteris FlexNoC interconnect models for Carbon SoCDesigner Plus.
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Bill Neifert, Chief Technology Officer, Carbon Design Systems said, "We see strong demand for models of Arteris' NoC interconnect IP. ARM's Cortex-A15 and Cortex-A9 microprocessor designers are pushing for better price, performance and area tradeoffs and the SoC interconnect plays a vital role in serving this need. Our partnership with Arteris enables engineers to make architectural decisions and design tradeoffs based upon a 100%-accurate virtual representation."
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The new Carbon/Arteris flow allows Carbon's SoCDesigner Plus users to use Arteris FlexNoC to configure their NoC interconnect fabric IP and then upload the configuration to Carbon IP Exchange. The web portal then creates a 100% accurate virtual model of the configuration and makes it available for download and use in SoCDesigner Plus.
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Kurt Shuler, Vice President of Marketing, Arteris said, "Simulation with virtual models of our NoC interconnect IP are the best way to make system-on-chip architectural optimizations and tradeoffs. By partnering with Carbon to make 100% accurate models of our IP available on Carbon IP Exchange, we are empowering design teams to utilize virtual models earlier in the design process."
