SIMICS : A COMMERCIAL LY PROVEN FULL-SYSTEM SIMULATION FRAMEWORK

This paper presents Virtutech Simics, a commercial off-the-shelf full-system simulation framework used to enable virtualized software development for cross-development targets on a regular PC or workstation. Simics provides virtual hardware that runs the same binaries as the physical hardware. The goal of virtualized software development is to enhance the software development process by reducing the reliance on physical target hardware and still test and develop as much as possible in the actual target environment.