Spirent partners with Siemens to provide a cutting-edge pre-silicon testing solution

Spirent Communications and Siemens Digital Industries Software have collaborated to develop a pre-silicon test solution for Ethernet chipset design verification. The joint solution, which integrates Spirent TestCenter Virtual into Siemens’ Virtual Ethernet test software for Veloce software, aims to reduce complexity and accelerate the silicon development lifecycle. The solution brings real-world Ethernet traffic generation and result analysis capabilities to the pre-silicon verification process, traditionally only available in post-silicon validation. This integration leverages the Veloce emulator’s high-performance co-model channel bandwidth and scalability to enable deterministic full-system verification with Spirent TestCenter Virtual. The solution accelerates lab-based validation infrastructure for mutual Ethernet networking customers, transitioning it to a high-performance pre-silicon testing environment on Siemens’ Veloce platform. The benefits of the joint solution include accelerated time-to-market, scalability and flexibility, and cost-effective testing. By identifying issues early in the design cycle, the solution accelerates the entire silicon development process, reducing risks and expediting product launches.