Users receive free access to executable models instead of paper data sheets — they can experience the IP platforms to instantly re-configure their design to meet their specific requirements. By providing virtual building blocks for application-specific domains the user can combine IP from multiple vendors to create prototypes of complete systems.
Virtio IDE allows prototyping of both the software and the hardware at the early stages of the design cycle. Using Virtio IDE, system architects and system designers can create a complete model of today's complex systems in a matter of 1-2 weeks. Virtual prototyping allows a designer to create a fast prototype in a "soft" form, i.e. without using physical hardware. The technology is powerful enough to model both the hardware and software portion of complex embedded and SOC designs in the very early stages of the design cycle.