Fujitsu Laboratories Limited and Fujitsu Limited have unveiled a new simulation environment for modeling logic system-on-chips (SoCs) used in mobile phones.
The simulation environment will enable high-precision assessment of system performance by using software that runs on the Symbian Operating System, and at operating speeds that allow for iterated executions over a short time.
By applying this assessment environment during upstream design, early design stages of a new handset model to evaluate the system’s overall performance, and by feeding this information back into the chip design process, the risk of the need for re-design can be avoided, thereby enabling an earlier start of the software development phase and resulting in lower overall development costs.
“Fujitsu seeks to be the broadband leader in the mobile business and is committed to improving the technologies that underlie the assessment of next-generation mobile-telephony systems. By extending the application of these technologies into other systems, Fujitsu plans to establish new early design-phase assessment methods based on these technologies and develop them into new business opportunities,” the company said in a statement.
