Mentor Graphics accelerates verification with emulation-ready verification IP for MIPI products

USA: Mentor Graphics Corp. announced MIPI-protocol verification IP (VIP) for use with its latest-generation Veloce hardware emulation platform.

This allows engineers to exhaustively stress test a device-under-test (DUT) that includes one or more MIPI protocol interfaces on their SoC, and run verification cycles at orders of magnitude faster than simulation.

The MIPI VIP enables the use of stimuli generated by modern simulation testbenches, including SystemVerilog/UVM, and SystemC-based environments, and applies them to a MIPI-based, design-under-test (DUT) running in the Veloce emulator. Since the connection between the testbench and the VIP is at a transaction-level rather than signal interface, a high level of performance is delivered.

The new VIP supports users of the MIPI camera and display-based protocols, CSI and DSI, and is compatible with the Questa® functional verification platform as well as the Veloce hardware emulation platform.