Abstract :
Systems companies today face increasingly complex and expensive testing challenges that require innovative solutions. One approach to address the problem uses full-system simulation with virtual hardware early on and throughout the development process. Recent technological advances in virtualization now satisfy the demands of software development, enabling the construction of a software model of the complete system that can run on the developer´s desktop PC. Virtualization is so accurate it can run the fabled golden code - the actual binary that ships in the final product. A virtual test laboratory can simulate not only the system being tested but also the other systems it interacts with.
Keywords :
computer debugging; embedded systems; formal specification; program testing; virtual machines; desktop PC; real-time embedded systems; software development process; system simulation; virtual hardware; virtual test laboratory; Application virtualization; Costs; Debugging; Hardware; Laboratories; Platform virtualization; Power system modeling; Programming; Software testing; System testing; design and test; embedded systems; software development; virtualization technology;
