RISC-V VP++: Next Generation Open-Source Virtual Prototype

Manfred Schlägl, Christoph Hazott and Daniel Große

Abstract

In this paper, we present the heavily extended open-source RISC-V VP++, which combines several VP-based projects into a powerful new tool to support early design space exploration, evaluation, verification and validation of RISC-V based systems at the system level. The paper briefly describes three projects that started as independent works and highlights the associated synergies and great new potentials that arise from integrating them into a single solution.