Unified Emulation and Prototyping: Pipedream or Reality?

Unified Emulation and Prototyping: Pipedream or Reality?
by Lauro Rizzatti on 09-03-2026 at 10:00 am

Unified Emulation and Prototyping Pipedream or Reality Figure 1

Preamble
Hardware-assisted verification (HAV) platforms, including hardware emulators and FPGA-based prototyping systems, are the two dominant methodologies for validating long workloads on complex System-on-Chip (SoC) designs before tape-out. HAV sits within a broader continuum of verification engines: simulationRead More


Acceleration of Complex RISC-V Processor Verification Using Test Generation Integrated with Hardware Emulation

Acceleration of Complex RISC-V Processor Verification Using Test Generation Integrated with Hardware Emulation
by Daniel Nenni on 01-06-2026 at 8:00 am

Acceleration of Complex RISC V Processor Verification Using Test Generation Integrated with Hardware Emulation Synopsys

The rapid evolution of RISC-V processors has introduced unprecedented verification challenges. Modern high-end RISC-V cores now incorporate complex features such as vector and hypervisor extensions, virtual memory systems, multi-level caches, advanced interrupt architectures, and multi-hart out-of-order execution.… Read More