Article published on juin 2008UNISIM
Virtual prototyping
Created in
2004 by teams
at CEA LIST and
the French National
Institute for Research in
Computer Science and
Control (INRIA), the Unisim
platform offers a simulation
environment based on
SystemC. Unisim can be used
for virtual prototyping of
hardware microarchitecture.
With this open-source
software, industry groups
can standardise and automate
the design, integration
and validation of system
components for high-tech
products.
Based at Saclay, the
platform boasts cuttingedge
processors (PowerPC
74X/75x and ARM9) as well
as peripherals (system bus,
PCI-ISA bridge, exceptions
controller, flash memory,
etc.) and tools (debuggers,
program loaders, loggers,
etc.).
