01 July 2008

CoWare Confirms Support for ARM Cortex Processor Models

CoWare Inc., a member of the ARM Connected Community, has confirmed support for the ARM Cortex A8 and ARM Cortex R4 processor models.

The addition of these ARM models further extends the CoWare Model Library of ARM processor models for use in heterogeneous, multi-vendor, multi-core designs.

“With the growing complexity of today’s multi-core designs and the ever-increasing amount of software content required, CoWare is focused on providing access to a full range of ARM processor models, interconnect models and PrimeCell peripheral models,” explained Tom De Schutter, marketing manager, IP and third party relationships, CoWare. “The addition of SystemC models for ARM’s high-performance Cortex processors to the CoWare Model Library enables our most advanced customers to optimize their ARM Cortex-based designs.”

These new ARM Cortex models, already in use by CoWare customers, enable designers to optimize architecture design, and perform platform verification and software development earlier in the design cycle, explained the company.