"Once we had the base architectures of Yukon and our new DSP core described in nML, we were able to quickly perform architectural enhancements to find the best-in-class performance/power implementations. We were able to perform true concurrent verification of the hardware and the application software. A rapid path to an FPGA prototyping board supported our design-in activities. Having a complete software support infrastructure prior to having the silicon was a key enabler to our success.
We were also impressed by the results of the hardware generation from the Chess/Checkers toolsuite; the resulting hardware implementation fully satisfied our ultra low power requirements. Another advantage was the ability to reuse the processor models (nML, C++ and VHDL) to speed up the development of derivative products in the future."
Dennis Mitchler
Sound Design Technologies
Ottawa, Canada