Virtutech®, Inc., the leader in virtualized systems development (VSD), today announced that Freescale Semiconductor has signed an extended license for the Simics® simulation platform. At the same time, Freescale’s Networking Systems Division (NSD) has designated Virtutech as its “preferred simulation partner” for the QorIQ™ line of processors.

The agreement extends the Simics license usage across Freescale. The Simics licenses include the core Hindsight platform, TLM based Model Builder, Networking Interface, unique multithreading capabilities, Accelerator and the Simics Model Libraries, which contain thousands of TLM devices, hundreds of SOCs and cores, especially processors based on Power Architecture® technology.

“The fact that Freescale’s Networking System Division is making Virtutech Simics its preferred simulation platform is a wonderful acknowledgement of the impact Simics is having on both development and business processes for Freescale’s networking business,” said John Lambert, CEO of Virtutech, Inc. “Freescale’s success with Virtutech Simics is another validation in a continual stream of successful Simics use cases. Whether it’s the increasingly complex needs of the multicore industry or the unique challenges of the networking, data communications, aerospace and defense industries, Simics has the flexibility, power and scalability to support our customers’ businesses.”

Freescale initially licensed Virtutech Simics as the simulation platform for the Freescale MPC8572 SoC. Last year, Freescale extended Simics usage to support its advanced QorIQ™ P4080 multicore processor. In June 2008 at the Freescale Technology Forum, Freescale and its development community announced that they had successfully leveraged the Virtutech Simics platform to develop software solutions for the new Freescale QorIQ P4080 multi-core processor well ahead of silicon availability. Looking forward, Freescale expects to contribute additional QorIQ processor models to the Simics library.

“The Simics virtualized systems development platform has played a key role in helping both Freescale and its ecosystem partners drive adoption and development of Freescale’s QorIQ P4080 device,” said Raja Tabet, vice president of Solutions Enablement Technology for Freescale's Networking & Multimedia Group. “Simics technology offers Freescale and its customers distinct competitive advantages to help streamline development and realize the vast performance advantages of Freescale’s embedded multicore technology.”