SOC designers can now use ProDesign’s CHIPit ASIC Rapid Prototyping and Emulation systems to verify designs using Tensilica’s Diamond Standard processor cores. CHIPit verification platforms provide verification and validation through the SOC and ASIC project life cycle. ProDesign’s CHIPit ASIC Prototyping line provides an integrated set of tools with debug capabilities that provide a dual solution for hardware and software verification and validation throughout the product life cycle. The FPGA-based ProDesign CHIPit platforms can handle capacities up to 21-million ASIC gates and run at system speeds up to 200 Mhz. Tensilica’s Diamond Standard processors are a set of six off-the-shelf synthesizable cores that range from area-efficient, low-power controllers to an audio processor and a high-performance DSP. The Diamond Standard processors are supported by an set of Diamond Standard software tools and a wide range of industry infrastructure partners.