Synopsys claims ZeBu Server 5 is first emulation system for SoC digital twins
Claimed to have unmatched capacity to enable electronics digital twins of advanced SoCs, the ZeBu Server 5 emulation system accelerates the deployment of complex SoCs and multi die systems, said Synopsys.
Electronic digital twins enable a dynamic digital representation of an electronics system to accelerate software bring-up, power analysis and software / hardware validation.
Semiconductor and system companies can collaborate more closely with digital twins, together ensuring that designs will work as intended and avoiding costly silicon respins. The additional horsepower of Synopsys ZeBu Server 5 will advance electronics digital twin capabilities, enabling designers to speed up development of production-ready silicon. Availability on the cloud provides verification engineers the flexibility to scale up and down as their projects demand.
Synopsys ZeBu Server 5 delivers up to 30 billion gates capacity, which is two times higher throughput and two times improved energy use compared to its predecessor, said the company.
“Today’s software-driven systems—like the electronics found in an advanced car or VR headset—demand massive computing power for cutting-edge algorithms required to replicate complex scenarios in the real world or metaverse,” said Ravi Subramanian, general manager of Synopsys Systems Design Group. “Getting these products right means thoroughly testing the software running on your chip for over tens of billions of cycles on an emulation system before production,” he explained. According to the company, the ZeBu Server 5 delivers the highest performance emulation system in the world.
Synopsys partners with innovative companies developing electronic products and software applications. Synopsys has a long history in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and says it offers the industry’s broadest portfolio of application security testing tools and services, whether an SoC designer creating advanced semiconductors, or a software developer writing more secure, high-quality code.
