Looking to develop optimized MIPS-based products, CoWare, a supplier of platform-driven electronic system-level (ESL) design software and services, and MIPS Technologies (News - Alert), a provider of industry-standard architectures, processors and analog IP for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, have announced a partnership to deliver ultra high-speed MIPS-Verified Instruction Set Simulators (ISS) of MIPS32 cores.

 

MIPS Technologies will verify models, developed with CoWare Processor (News - Alert) Designer technology to achieve the MIPS-Verified label.

 

With the partnership between MIPS Technologies and CoWare, developers are guaranteed a reliable solution. CoWare customers are already using the model of the 24K core and speed up software development tasks such as Linux porting and application development of MIPS-Based platforms and devices. The models will be distributed by CoWare as part of its comprehensive ESL 2.0 design environment including CoWare Virtual Platform. The first available ISS is for the low-power, high-performance MIPS32 24K core.

 

Before the availability of the physical hardware, developers can develop, integrate and test their systems with the help of CoWare Virtual Platform. They will also quickly gain better products as they now have full hardware visibility and control.

 

CoWare’s advanced software development capabilities including multi-core, synchronized debugging, advanced analysis and checkpoint/restart. Platforms and devices can be simulated at real-time speeds. The MIPS32 24K processor model is available now from CoWare.

 

“MIPS Technologies powers some of the world’s most popular products for the digital consumer, broadband, wireless communications, networking and portable media markets. The MIPS-Verified models within CoWare’s ESL 2.0 environment will ease the development process for customers in these markets and beyond,” said Marc Serughetti, vice president of marketing and business development at CoWare. “This is yet another demonstration of the power of CoWare Processor Designer technology, with its ability to quickly implement ultra high-speed processor models.”

 

Some of the largest customers of MIPS Technologies have already adopted CoWare’s ESL 2.0 solutions. Customers can now bring optimized MIPS-based products to the market faster, with the peace of mind of a MIPS-Verified model.