http://www.techbites.com/ 2998-643 /201009072998/myblog/blog/z0019-vdc-says-virtual-prototypes-may-not-be-delivering.html 15%) speaks volumes. The tools are not hard to use (for the embedded developer handed a platform), so what holds up faster growth? The availability of models! I agree that virtual prototypes are helping us keep pace with increasing technology. In addition I have the opinion that we do ourselves a disservice when we keep harping on the primary benefit of pre-silicon emulation and schedule saving without giving similar words to the quality improvements in the embedded system (warning messages), deterministic behavior, control-ability, fault injection, ability to pause/resume the stimuli and actuators, deep inspection of the system and regression capabilities. Now for the shameful plug: "How to make virtual prototyping better than designing with hardware" by Everett Lumpkin and Casey Alford Part 1: http://www.embedded-systems.com/design/225701094 Part 2: http://www.embedded-systems.com/design/225701109 ]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:09:53 -0500