Mentor Graphics Corp. announced hardware and software solutions to accelerate the verification of Universal Serial Bus (USB) SuperSpeed (3.0) products. These new solutions, connected to a Veloce emulator, enable designers to test their USB SuperSpeed peripheral devices integrated on their System-on-Chip (SoC) designs, and to develop and test their software drivers and firmware prior to silicon availability.

The first of two new products is the iSolveTM USB SuperSpeed (3.0) Host Controller, which has a 'plug-and-play' hardware interface to the Veloce family of hardware emulators. This new solution adds to the existing iSolve family for the accelerated verification of applications such as multimedia, networking, embedded systems, wireless, and storage devices.

Complementing the iSolve solution is a new Veloce USB 3.0 Host Transactor, which delivers an accelerated simulation environment for the verification of USB SuperSpeed (3.0)-compliant devices. It generates the appropriate stimuli for the DUT, passing packets (or transactions) of protocol data for tests. The transactor also provides high-level Application Programming Interface (API) and example tests to model a test environment that can exercise the emulated USB SuperSpeed (3.0) device.

Combined with the Veloce platform, the USB SuperSpeed solutions deliver high-performance, and easy-to-use system verification environments to develop new SoCs containing a USB SuperSpeed peripheral device, without compromising delivery schedules. The solution offers several key benefits:

• Industry-standard xHCI controller provides connection to Windows or Linux-based software environment for driver development
• Standard USB SuperSpeed (3.0) PIPE interface to the emulated design in Veloce
• Transactor solution that provide built-in SystemVerilog/OVM compliancy sequences used to check emulated USB SuperSpeed device compliancy to the protocol standard
• Compliant to USB SuperSpeed (3.0) standard

The new USB SuperSpeed products can be used with traditional in-circuit emulation (ICE) as well as a high-performance, transaction-based acceleration modes of operation. The ability to mix and match traditional ICE capabilities with high-performance, transaction-based acceleration facilitates the smooth transition from a simulation-centric use model to in-circuit emulation. The solution is available for deployment at customer sites effective immediately.

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