Streamline Hardware/Software Interface Foundation Creation with CSRCompiler and CSRSpec
Complex software algorithms must control a growing array of specialized processors and hardware accelerators to deliver a robust product. The hardware/software interface (HSI) technology enables the software to control this hardware, which forms the basis of the entire design project. The CSRCompiler™ system, in combination with the CSRSpec™ language, automates the creation of this foundation.
Build HSIs the Right Way With a Winning Methodology
CSRCompiler system and CSRSpec language form a complete register design solution for hardware, software, verification, and documentation.
This comprehensive solution allows teams to manage their designs collaboratively from a single source specification, ensuring the entire team has a complete, correct, up-to-date register design ecosystem.
CSRCompiler Key Features
- Various input formats: CSRSpec language, SystemRDL, IP-XACT, spreadsheets…
- Single source for generating RTL, digital verification, firmware, and documentation
- Extensive error/syntax checking with over 1,000 error checks
- Time-saving templates support
- Industry-standard buses
- Registers broadcast/alias and virtual registers support
- Wide memories and atomic access support
- Back door path mapping
- Coverage bins
- Parity checks
CSRCompiler Product Benefits
Agile Design Process
Ensure best practices and early engagement of the entire design team
Multi-Language Support
No need for additional custom scripting or manual post-processing
Identify IP Issues
Ensure clean import of third-party IP or internal legacy data
Easy Specification Adjustment
Very fast iteration with updated information across design teams ensuring data consistency
Highest Capacity
Specify and compile over 5 million registers
Highest Quality RTL
Over 1,000 functional, behavioral, syntactic, and semantic error checks
Fastest Performance
Generate 100,000registers in seconds
Read more about why we are unique on our NoC Technology page.
We have used other CSR EDA tools over the years, but Arteris’s CSRCompiler offers the fullest featured and most flexible tools as well as easiest to use. It eliminates all confusion around CSR.
CommScope
Andy Mansen, Senior Manager of Hardware Engineering, CommScope
We are redefining the deployment of inference at the edge with our highly efficient technology. These designs are highly complex, and the hardware and software interfaces are critical to performance and core functionality. Arteris CSRCompiler ensures the hardware and software interfaces function as expected, and that both the hardware and software teams can test interaction during chip development.
Flex Logix
Charlie Roth, VP of Hardware R&D, Flex Logix