Post Silicon Validation & Emulation
With a comprehensive range of validation & emulation at both pre-silicon & post-silicon phases of the IC development cycle, InSemi helps you reduce the TAT and eliminate the setbacks faced while relying only on simulations.
We are renowned globally for supporting our clients in FPGA prototyping, Emulation & functional validation, Characterization (PTE/ATE), and System performance/debugging.
Along with the exceptional expertise in validating Analog/Digital IPs on high-end multicore mixed-signal SOC, the well-experienced consummate leaders at InSemi also help you with the best-in-class support at all phases of silicon design. Our FPGA-based emulations help you evaluate the critical-path timing coverage of the validation plan and make the area & timing overheads within acceptable limits. With this masterly skill, we have transformed the operations of several businesses in mobile telecommunications, automotive, wireless connectivity, and storage and have guided them to stand out amidst the competition.
Our Service Offerings
Functional Validation
- Requirement Analysis
- Validation Plan Development
- Test Suite Development
- Test Environment Automation
- Board Bring-up
- IP/SOC Level Validation
- Processor Validation
- Low Speed Peripherals
- High Speed Peripherals
- 4G/5G Modem Validation
- Firmware Development
- Firmware Validation
Characterization
- Digital Characterization
- Analog Characterization
- Jitter Measurements
- Eye Diagrams
- Waveform Validation
- Waveform Validation
- ATE Measurements
- Test Automation
System Performance
- PVT Characterization
- Power Validation
- Compliance Testing
- Interoperability Testing
- Test Automation
- Benchmark Testing
- Stress Testing
- Stability Testing
- HW/SW Subsystem Testing
- OS-wise System Performance Testing
System Debug
- Board Bring-up
- Resolve System Boot Issues w.r.t Specific Chipset/Platform
- Resolve Linux Related Issues on Specific Chipset/Platform
- Analyze Crash Issues
- Analyze Core Dump
- Fix Memory Leaks
- Identify Cache Issues
Emulation
- Emulation, Validation & Prototyping on FPGA & Processor-Based Platforms
- Board Bring-up & Device Planning
- Design Partitioning, Integration, IO & Memory Handling
- Implementation & Timing Closure
- Configuration & Hardware Debug
Post Silicon Validation & Emulation Expertise
Initiating with simulation acceleration and software debug, the service is furthered towards virtual protocol solutions. Then with the physical protocol solutions, the desired validations are finalized.
Post Silicon Validation Expertise
Domains
- Mobile
- Automotive
- Wireless
- Mutlimedia
- Connectivity
- IOT
- Ethernet
- Storage
- Networking
IPs/Technology
- PU cores- ARM, X-86, PowerPC, Tensilica
- DDR 4 / 3 / 2
- USB2.0, USB3.0, OTG
- PCIE 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
- Ethernet – RGMII, SGMII, QSGMII
- SATA 1.0/2.0/3.0
- SDIO
- MIPI – DSI, MIPI- CSI
- WLAN 802.11 a/b/p/g
- H264 Decoders
- SPI, UART, I2C, I2X,CAN,LIN
- AXI, AHB, APB
- PLLs, ADC, LCO, PMU
Tools & Automation
- C, C++, Embedded C, Visual Studio
- CMM, Python, PERL & Labview, Tcl
- Various Logic Analysers
- USB, SATA Protocol Analysers
- Oscilloscope - DPO71254C, with 4 trimode differential channels
- Votsch Thermal chamber
- DDR Analysis Software.
- FPGA platforms – Altera. Xilinx
- Emulators – Veloce, Zebu, Palladium
- Debugger – Trace 32, RVDS
Emulation Expertise
Platforms
- Processors- ARM, X86, Tensilica, Microblaze, Picoblaze
- Boards- Altera, xilinx based multi-FPGA boards
- Emulators – Zebu, Veloce & Palladium
Interfaces
- AXI, AHB, APB, PLB
- PCIE, SATA, DDR
- MAC, USB
- SDIO
- MIPI – DSI, MIPI- CSI
- WLAN 802.11 a/b/p/g
- H264 Decoders
- CAN , I2C, SPI, UART
- DMA, CRYPTO, PRNG
Tools
- Synthesis Tools – Xilinx Vivado, Xilinx ISE, Altera Quartus, Mentor Precision, Cadence Quiclturn
- Partition Tools – Synopsis Certify
- Simulation- Modelsim, Questasim, Cadence NCSim & Quickturn
- System Debug – ARM realview ICE, Xilinx chipscope, Altera signaltap, Synopsis Identify, Debussy, J-Link, Trace-32