现在的程序员和系统架构师有比以往更多的软件可用于SoC(单片系统)设计,但也面临着一个日益困扰他们的问题：如何在设计前期,在硅片拿到手以前评估和优化软件的性能。为解决这个问题,程序员们转向虚拟平台,这种平台采用软件来对目标硬件的架构和功能建模。 Today’s programmers and system architects have more software than ever before available for SoC designs, but also face a growing concern with them: how to evaluate and optimize silicon wafers before they get hands in the early stages of design Software performance. To solve this problem, programmers turn to the virtual platform, which uses software to model the architecture and function of the target hardware.