Virtual prototyping enables replacing hardware with software equivalent models of the hardware; at any time, and from anywhere, keeping software teams productive in challenging environments. Virtual prototypes are fast, fully functional software models of complete systems that execute unmodified production embedded software code and provide unparalleled debug efficiency.
The Synopsys Virtualizer™ Development Kits (VDKs) offer a wide range of models and software tools to enable earlier software development. VDKs are software development kits using virtual prototypes as the embedded target and can be customized with the Virtualizer tool set to represent users' specific SoCs.