"ModelSim ASIC and FPGA design Mentor Graphics was the first to combine single kernel simulator (SKS) technology with a unified debug environment for Verilog, VHDL, and SystemC.
Advanced Simulation and Debug
ModelSim D A T A S H E E T
Major product features:
. Leading RTL and gate performance with ASICsign-off
. Native support of VHDL,Verilog, SystemVerilog, and SystemC
. Powerful, intuitive GUIspeeds RTL and gate debug
. Textual and graphicaldataflow with automated X-tracing and source annotation
. Code coverage
. Post-simulation debugModelSim provides scalable HDL simulation solutions for a broad . Customizable, open archi-range of design sizes and complexities. tecture with C and Tcl/Tk
. Integrated JobSpy for simu-lation farm supportLeader in Single Kernel, Mixed Language Technology . Upgradeable to Questa ®Mentor Graphics was the first to combine single kernel simulator for advanced verification(SKS) technologywith a unified debug environment for Verilog, solutionsSystemVerilog, VHDL, and SystemC.The combination of industry-leading performance and capacitywith the best integrated debug and analysis environment makeModelSim the simulator of choice for both ASIC and FPGAdesign. The best standards and platform support in the industrymake it easy to adopt in the majority of process and tool flows.
High-Performance, Scalable Simulation Environment ModelSim provides seamless, scalable performance and capa-bilities. Through the use of a single compiler and library systemfor all ModelSim configurations, employing the right ModelSimconfiguration for project needs is as simple as pointing your envi-ronment to the appropriate installation directory. ModelSim PE and LE enable individual engi-neers to develop and debug small to mediumsize design blocks on Windows and Linux,respectively. ModelSim SE combines high performance and high capacity with the codecoverage and debugging capabilities required tosimulate larger blocks and systems and attainASIC gate-level sign-off. ModelSim SE offersthe ability to simulate very large designs throughsupport of 32 and 64 bit UNIX and Linux and®32 bit Windows -based platforms.The ModelSim SE vopt usage mode achievesindustry-leading performance and capacity ModelSim SE native support of SystemVerilog through very aggressive, global compile and design constructs enables high-level design modelingsimulation optimization algorithms of Verilog and debug.
and VHDL. The vopt performance mode canimprove Verilog and mixed VHDL/Verilog RTL GUI's organizational and filtering capabilitiessimulation performance by up to 10X. The vopt allow design and simulation information to bemode can also improve gate-level performance quickly reduced to focus on areas of interest,by up to 4X and capacity by over 2X. such as possible causes of design bugs.ModelSim also supports very fast time-to- ModelSim SE allows many debug and analysisnext-simulation turnarounds while maintaining capabilities to be employed post-simulation onhigh performance with its new black box use saved results, as well as during live simulationmodel, known as bbox. With bbox, non-changing runs. For example, the coverage viewer analyzeselements can be compiled and optimized once and annotates source code with code coverageand reused when running a modified version of results, including FSM state and transition, state-the testbench. bbox delivers dramatic througput ment, expression, branch, and toggle coverage.improvements of up to 3X when running a large Signal values can be annotated in the source win-suite of testcases. dow and viewed in the waveform viewer. RaceEasy-to-Use Simulation Environment conditions, delta, and event activity can be ana-An intelligently engineered graphical user lyzed in the list and wave windows. User-definedinterface (GUI) efficiently displays design data enumeration values can be easily defined forfor analysis and debug. The default configura- quicker understanding of simulation results. Fortion of windows and information is designed to improved debug productivity, ModelSim also hasmeet the needs of most users. However, the flex- graphical and textual dataflow capabilities.ibility of the ModelSim SE GUI allows users to The memory window identifies memories in easily customize it to their preferences. The the design and accommodates flexible viewingresult is a feature-rich GUI that is easy to use and modification of the memory contents.and quickly mastered. Powerful search, fill, load, and save functionalitiesA message viewer enables simulation mes- are supported. The memory window allows mem-sages to be logged... [download for more]
