From: Simulation and Emulation of MIMO Wireless Baseband Transceivers
Model/Platform | Characteristics | Scope (used for ) |
---|---|---|
Floating-point/SW Simulation | Fast (runtime) | Algorithm development |
 | Far from hardware (HW) (data and control path) | Reference for other models |
Fixed-point/SW Simulation | Slow (runtime) | Golden model for HDL |
 | Same data path as HW | Debug data path |
 | Different control path |  |
 | Not cycle-true |  |
HDL/Simulator | Slow (runtime) | Debug control path |
 | Data and control path as in final ASIC | Cycle-accurate: determine latencies |
HDL/FPGA | Fast (runtime) | Performance, fixed-point characterization |
 | Accelerated HDL simulation | Large coverage of functional runs |
 |  | Regression runs |