Laptop-sized emulator validates IP
By Gabe Moretti -- EDN, February 19, 2004
Aptix Pathfinder IP (intellectual-provider)-validation Station provides a prototyping platform for small, embedded designs or for embedded-IP blocks. The device measures 9.5×11.5×2.75 in. and incorporates an Altera (www.altera.com) Stratix EP1S30 or EP1S80 FPGA and provides a capacity of as many as 470,000 ASIC-equivalent logic gates and as many as 7.4 Mbits of embedded memory.
The tool comes configured with Aptix Expeditor co-emulation. This feature enables designers to use their simulation testbenches to provide stimulus and check responses for designs on the emulator. This ability saves development time and allows direct comparison between simulation and emulation results. The emulator includes debugging capabilities through the Expeditor interface. The Pathfinder IP Validation Station sells for $30,000, including the Aptix Expeditor Co-Emulation interface.
Aptix, 1-408-541-4700, www.aptix.com.
