SOLUTIONS

Wireless & Telecom Applications

Embedded System Complexity In Telecom and Wireless

VaST's solutions for embedded systems design are used extensively in the wireless and telecommunications industries. VaST's virtual system prototypes are unique in their ultra-high performance and very high timing accuracy. This combination of speed and accuracy has special value to our customers.

VaST Virtual System Prototypes Cut Development Cycles

Wireless handset development is a system-level problem, entailing development of sophisticated hardware and a significant and growing body of software to perform the many functions demanded by the market. With high volumes and short product lifecycles, bringing a product to market early is the key to profitability.

The growing complexity of embedded designs requires new design methods and automation. A complex multimedia handset typically consists of a digital signal processing subsystem, a subsystem with a general-purpose microprocessor and often a third processor to handle multimedia functions. These subsystems are connected by complex multi-level on-chip buses to which are connected many peripheral models such as timers, the radio interface and a subscriber identity module (SIM) card interface.

VaST's electronic system-level (ESL) design tools, models and virtual prototyping technology enable the design and development of these increasingly complex wireless devices faster and with increased confidence in their functionality and performance.

Evaluate Performance and Energy Usage

Using the VaST Metrix tool enables the evaluation of algorithms on the basis not just of performance but also of the amount of energy used. For example, accurate predictions of talk time or the number of digital photographs that can be processed can be made for a given battery capacity.

The gating factor in reaching the marketplace is very often the completion of the embedded software development. VaST's cycle-accurate and high-performance virtual system prototyping solutions allow developers to design and optimize their system-level architecture and to develop hardware and software concurrently, improving quality and reducing time to market. One VaST customer in the handset industry recently saved nine months out of a two-year development cycle — nearly the equivalent of an entire product generation.

Learn Why VaST Technology Is Unique

Up to top