Introduction
Chapter 1 explains why virtual platforms and full-system simulation like Simics is a critical tool for developing today’s complex computer-based systems. It describes how Simics helps deliver new solutions faster, and develop, debug, and maintain evermore complex systems throughout the lifecycle of a product. The chapter provides a high-level overview of why and where Simics is being applied to solve problems for software and system developers.
Keywords
virtual platform; product lifecycle; shift left; model-driven development; continuous integration; pre-silicon
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
—Alan Perlis, Epigrams on Programming, 1982
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