An FPGA-Assisted Verification Tool
FPGA-based prototypes closely resemble final silicon chips in speed and accuracy, providing significant value in full-chip validation and early software development. Realizing these benefits has historically been met with the need to build additional prototyping hardware with significant resources and specialized expertise having to be employed to obtain the necessary FPGA connectivity.
The unique Prodigy ProtoBridge AXI FPGA-Assisted Verification Tool uses the widely adopted AXI-4 bus protocol to link transaction coordinator software running on host PC to the FPGA-based prototyping environment. The result of Host DUT connectivity is a high-throughput channel that allows for the transfer of large amounts of transaction-level data between the FPGA(s) and a host computer.
AXI-4 transaction-level interconnection module and Master/Slave interfaces for FPGA integration
A set of C-API function calls to perform AXI bus transactions in the host computer
PCIe3 driver for Linux or Windows operating systems to control Logic Module operations
C-API reference operations with sample access to FPGA internal memory
System integration guide to connect user RTL code with the ProtoBridge AXI-4 bus module
Early IP Verification without the complete SoC design
IP blocks connected to the AXI bus can be verified without processor cores or peripheral blocks
Early algorithm/architectural exploration can be performed on the FPGA while taking advantage of the FPGA environment's speed performance
Shorten Design Verification Time with a high-throughput channel
Transaction-level verification is utilized to ensure system-level result accuracy
C-code is used as a stimulus to reduce the time and effort in creating RTL test benches
Achieve High Product Reliability with improved test coverage
Create corner test cases in software and run exercises on an FPGA-based prototype
Run high-performance regression tests on an FPGA-based prototype with vectors stored in host computers
Eliminate Resource & Expertise Constraints by removing the need for the creation of additional specialized hardware and software
Prodigy ProtoBridge Reuse Across Multiple Projects as the flexibility of Prodigy ProtoBridge makes it ideal for any design
AXI-4 Bus Protocol Between Host PC and FPGA
Instantiation of AXI-4, AXI4-Lite, AXI-3 and AHB bus connections on FPGA ports
Configurable data width from 32-bit to 1024-bit
Support for an independent clock for each Master/Slave instance
Exercise of Large Amounts of Verification Data at High Speed
Transmission through 8-lane PCIe Gen3 between Host PC and FPGA
Massive data transfer from Host PC to FPGA up to 4000 MB/s
Support for direct and DMA access modes
Rich Coverage of C Function Calls Between Host PC and FPGA
System initialization function calls to manage the tool environment
Interrupt control function calls to identify the source of an interrupt signal for C-API's follow-up actions
Data read/write function calls to communicate with and operate the FPGA circuit
DMA transfer function calls to perform DMA operations for large amounts of data
Get World-Class Support to help design teams with any issues that arise-something not available with in-house solutions leaving design teams to fend for themselves
KU115/VU440 Logic Module
VU440/VU19P/VU13P/VU9P/Straix10-2800/Stratix10-10M Logic System
Windows 7 (64-bit)
Ubuntu 14.04.2 (64-bit)
RHEL 6.5 (64-bit)
x8 PCIe Gen3
Prodigy ProtoBridge Datasheet 