Supercharge Your HAV Investment with Veloce ES (Enterprise Server) App
In today’s fast-paced world of hardware design and verification, accelerating time-to-market and optimizing resources are paramount. Hardware-Assisted Verification (HAV) significantly reduces verification time, allowing hardware design teams to meet tight deadlines and bring products to market faster. Moreover, HAV enables thorough testing of intricate designs, uncovering potential issues early in the development cycle and ensuring product reliability. While HAV represents a significant investment and offers numerous benefits, managing multiple projects, diverse teams, and varying job priorities on a shared HAV platform can be overwhelming. Enter the Veloce Enterprise Server (ES) App, a revolutionary solution developed by Siemens EDA to streamline Veloce hardware resource management and transform the HAV landscape.
Understanding Hardware-Assisted Verification
HAV uses dedicated hardware to accelerate the verification process of semiconductor designs. This approach allows for faster execution of test cases compared to traditional software-based simulations, significantly speeding up the verification cycle. HAV is particularly beneficial for large and complex designs, where traditional simulation methods fall short in terms of speed and capacity. For more information on Siemens EDA HAV, see the article, “Siemens delivers next-generation, comprehensive hardware-assisted verification system.”
However, managing the efficient use of HAV resources, especially when dealing with multiple projects and teams, poses significant challenges. This is where the Veloce ES App comes into play.
Siemens’ Hardware-Assisted Verification Tools
The Veloce ES App supports Veloce Strato CS, Veloce Primo CS, as well as Veloce Strato, providing a unified solution for managing these resources efficiently.
Key features and capabilities include:
- Efficient Veloce hardware resource management and job placement: The app intelligently manages job placement, ensuring optimal use of Veloce hardware resources.
- Seamless access for worldwide teams: It allows global teams to access Veloce hardware resources seamlessly, promoting collaboration and efficient utilization across different geographies.
- Job preemption for time-sensitive and high-priority jobs: The app supports job preemption, enabling high-priority jobs to be executed promptly without disrupting other ongoing tasks.
- Tracking emulator utilization by project teams: It provides detailed tracking of emulator usage by different project teams, facilitating cross-charging and resource allocation.
- Executive reports for data-driven decisions: The app generates monthly, quarterly, and yearly executive reports, helping teams analyze utilization patterns and make informed buying decisions.
Case Study/Methodology
A leading tech company, a valued customer of the Veloce platform, has provided highly positive feedback on its experience with the Veloce ES App. According to the company, “We effectively utilize the emulator bandwidth for running regression at night and during the weekend. Veloce ES also allows multiple users to run tests while background regression is running.”
This testimonial highlights the efficiency and flexibility that the Veloce ES App brings to emulation resource management. By optimizing the use of emulator bandwidth and allowing simultaneous operations, the Veloce ES App significantly enhances productivity and utilization rates.
Best Practices for Using Siemens’ Hardware-Assisted Verification Tools
To maximize the benefits of Siemens’ HAV tools, best practices should be followed:
- Leverage intelligent job placement: Utilize the Veloce ES App’s capabilities to ensure efficient resource management.
- Promote global collaboration: Encourage teams to take advantage of the seamless access provided by the app.
- Prioritize critical jobs: Use the app’s job preemption feature to effectively manage time-sensitive and high-priority tasks.
- Monitor and analyze utilization: Regularly review utilization reports to optimize resource usage and support data-driven decision-making.
Future Developments
As the semiconductor industry continues to evolve, the role of hardware-assisted verification will become increasingly critical. Future developments may include:
- Expanded support for more job schedulers on the market: Ensuring broader nature integration with various job scheduling systems to enhance flexibility and ease of use.
- Improved user experience: Continual refinement of tools to enhance usability and efficiency.
- Enhanced integration with AI and Machine Learning: Leveraging AI further optimizes resource management and job placement.
In conclusion, the Veloce Enterprise Server (ES) App is an essential tool for managing Veloce HAV resources. By providing efficient resource management, seamless global access, and data-driven insights, it enables companies to maximize their HAV investments. For verification engineers in the semiconductor industry, exploring Siemens’ Veloce ES App is a crucial step toward optimizing the verification process and staying competitive in a rapidly evolving market.
To learn more read our new white paper Maximizing Veloce hardware investment or contact us at 1-800-547-3000 for more details.
Chenguang Li is a Technical Product Manager for Siemens Digital Industries Software and holds a Master’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Southern California. Before joining Siemens DISW, he was a Design Engineer at Micron Technology.
