A chip is of little use without its software. The semiconductor industry realizes this and is more interested than ever in delivering both silicon and software at the same time. Texas Instruments has combined a number of strategies to reduce software integration time from around 18 months to just one to two months. Kalyan Chakravadhanula, Platform Validation Engineer with TI, explains how his team has been working successfully with Synopsys and used DesignWare® Virtual Platform to validate a complex system-on-chip based on TI's OMAP™ platform.
Kalyan Chakravadhanula, Platform Validation Engineer , Texas Instruments

The Synopsys Virtual Platform is a superb tool for pre-silicon development, which allows software developers to create and test software more rapidly. By working with Synopsys, we are able to improve our software development schedules, resulting in productivity gains and allowing TI to deliver more complete solutions to wireless customers.
Avner Goren, TI Worldwide Director of Marketing, Cellular Systems