Welcome to my first in-depth look at a subject. In this case it is about prototyping, from virtual, through rapid, to physical. There will be a number of editorials, some contributed white papers, opinions and other things related to the subject that will appear over the next few weeks. This article will be updated to become a sort of index for them, so you may want to bookmark this and check back for new content every now and then.

There is still chance if you are a user to send me an opinion or experiences you have had with prototyping.

Editorials

What is a prototype?

Considerations for a prototype

Prototypes: Pre-RTL or Virtual prototypes

Articles and Whitepapers

System Performance Analysis and Software Optimization Using a TLM Virtual PlatformWhite papers

Virtual Versus Physical Prototyping — Get it Right Faster

Transfer from FPGAs for prototype to ASICs for production

Virtual Platforms Become Powerful Analysis Tools

Mechatronic System Modeling and Simulation Techniques

Combining Prototyping Solutions to Solve Hardware/Software Integration Challenges

Miscellaneous:

Doug Amos, Austin Lesea, and René Richter. FPGA-based Prototyping Methodology Manual: Best Practices in Design-for-Prototyping

Product: ARM releases free version of its Development Studio for Android platforms

Recent News and other articles on EE Times

Latest Synopsys FPGA-based prototyping tool improves speed and turnaround time

Tool tackles hardware software codesign for ARM-based FPGAs

First sighting of Cadence’s virtual prototype

Addressing the new challenges of ASIC/SoC prototyping with FPGAs

Models, models, models…



Brian Bailey – keeping you covered

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