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Focuses on the challenges for in-circuit emulator (ICE) designers. Traditional view of the in-circuit emulator; Problems presented by 32-bit processor architectures; Processor vendors' approaches to on-chip run control logic; Modular solutions to the challenges which the ICE vendors' face.

Provides information about 16- and 32-bit emulators. Applications of emulators; Optimum price point; Comparison of available models of emulators.

Focuses on integrated circuit (IC) vendors' efforts to build their own in-circuit emulators (ICE) or add on-chip debuggers or JTAG-based emulators to cope with the number of new microprocessor introductions. Increased chip clock rates; Telecommunications and graphics applications' need for more throughput; Proliferation of 32-bit embedded processors; ICE vendors' use of new on-chip debugging facilities.

Reports on Mentor Graphics' acquisition of the SimExpress hardware emulation technology from Meta Systems. Provision of hardware and software co-development environment; Compilation times during hardware emulation; Custom logic chip used in SimExpress' emulator; Mentor's plans to allow the use of Microtec instruction-set simulators along with hardware emulation.

Provides information about the enhanced emulation technology of Quickturn Design Systems and Synopsys. Description and features of the Quickturn's emulator and Synopsys's emulator; Compatibility of compiled-code concurrent broadcast array-logic technology (CoBALT) Emulation System to Quickturn's emulator; Competition between Quickturn's emulator and Synopsys's emulator; RTL capabilities of the two emulator; Other technologies released by Quickturn and Synopsys.

Discusses the benefits of the CodeICE i960 Rx RP/RD emulator of Applied Microsystems. Features of the emulator; Benefits of the CodeTap i960Rx in-circuit emulator; Availability of the CodeICE.

Introduces the E-Series memory emulators from Scanlon Design. Features of E-Series; Price of the product.

Features the White Mountain-510/LT Universal DSP PCMCIA card emulator. Product features; Benefits; Price; Contact information.

Describes the features and functions of Applied Microsystems' CodeICE960 emulator, which can nonintrusively track i960Hx microprocessors at internal speed rates up to 75 megahertz (MHz), external up to 40 MHz. X-ray based debugging environment that supports C/C++; Graphical interface; Performance profiling and code coverage tool suite.

Describes the features and functions of Corelis' PowerEM-403, a JTAG emulator for the 32-bit PowerPC 403 reduced-instruction-set-computing (RISC) processor. Windows-based configurable debugger; Provision of limited real-time data; Optional boundary-scan test package Scantest; Pricing; Contact information.

Describes the features and functions of an in-circuit emulator (ICE). Emulation of the target microprocessor/controller chip; Substitution of an ICE pod processor for the target processor chip; Emulation of target memory; Debugging hardware; Monitoring of CPU's chip bus; ICE trigger logic; Bus rates.

Evaluates Embedded Performance Inc.'s SYS29K-MANX in-circuit emulator (ICE) for Advanced Micro Devices' 2904x/03x-20x 32-bit RISC microprocessor. Features; Architecture; Specifications; Price; Contact information.

Features Emulation Technology's ETiC2000, an open emulator architecture that supports a range of 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers and bolts on instrument layers starting with a ROM emulator. Key components of the system; Expansion platform; Specifications; BDM board; Pricing.