Simulation technology for systems using the ARM computing core, widely used in mobile phones and other electronic devices has been unveiled by Fujitsu Laboratories. Claimed as a ‘world first”, this technology is able to closely reproduce hardware operations with cycle-for-cycle real-time accuracy.
Systems using the ARM core have become significantly more complex in recent years, creating a need for a simulation technology that runs faster and with better fidelity to the hardware; for use both in testing whether the system runs as designed and in application and operating-systems.
Essentially this technology is a platform for running simulations that allow for cycle-level simulations with low system overhead, based on a just-in-time compiler.
The result is a standard PC environment that can simulate at the cycle level of an ARM multicore system.
Fujitsu Laboratories
