In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) and big data are driving unprecedented technological advancements, networking and communication protocols like Ethernet play a pivotal role. These protocols facilitate the rapid transfer of vast amounts of data across interconnected systems, enabling efficient AI model training, real-time analytics and seamless cloud computing.
Modern system-on-chip (SoC) designs integrate high-bandwidth networking interfaces, which must be rigorously verified to ensure compliance with evolving standards and real-world performance expectations. As network speeds escalate to 800G and 1.6Tbps, traditional verification methodologies struggle to keep pace with the growing complexity of hardware designs.
Verification engineers leverage sophisticated hardware-assisted verification (HAV) platforms, including emulation and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) prototyping, to validate designs before they reach silicon. These methodologies allow engineers to test performance metrics such as bandwidth, latency and compliance with the latest Ethernet, Optical Transport Network (OTN) and 5G standards in a controlled and scalable environment. Advanced Ethernet verification solutions, capable of handling high-speed data transmission and scalable port configurations, will be instrumental in shaping the next generation of semiconductor technology.
Veloce HAV is a market leader in networking with its unique offerings for our customers. Veloce HAV solutions are widely adopted across industry leaders in networking and provide complete networking solutions from wired networking solutions, such as Ethernet and OTN, to wireless networking solutions targeted at 5G. Those solutions are available as in-circuit speed bridges, virtual solutions or high-speed transactors.
Our Ethernet Networking Solutions feature:
- Support for Ethernet speeds up to 1.6T bps, with proprietary speed switching capabilities
- Easily scalable solution for verifying large-scale network designs
- High-precision latency and bandwidth measurements
- Advanced Ethernet traffic shaping and physical (PHY) layer controls
- Fully reproducible debugging capabilities