Software-Hardware Codesign to Accelerate Software Development


Arm Virtual Hardware (AVH) scales and accelerates software development by virtualizing popular development kits, Arm-based processors, and systems in the cloud. It is an evolution of Arm modeling technology that eliminates the wait for hardware and the complexity of building and configuring board farms for testing. It also enables modern agile software development practices, such as DevOps and MLOps.

Features and Benefits

Develop Software with Confidence

Replace physical hardware with a mature, instruction-accurate, and extensible modeling engine to support modern software development best practices for machine learning (ML) and embedded applications.
Achieve Maximum Scalability

Easily run and scale CI infrastructure in the cloud with potentially thousands of virtual boards being launched in seconds. Rapidly experiment with and test complex multidevice configurations.

Accelerate Development

Start developing and testing software quickly on Arm-based technology using agile software development practices such as CI/CD (DevOps) and MLOps workflows.

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Arm Virtual Hardware FVPs
Arm Virtual Hardware Third-Party Hardware

Overview
Overview

Functionally accurate fixed virtual platforms (FVPs) of Arm Cortex-M CPUs and Arm Corstone reference subsystems.

Cloud-based models of popular development kits, including peripherals, sensors, and board components already in production. 

Detail
Detail
  • Based on Arm Fast Model technology developed alongside Arm processor IP.
  • Precisely simulates instruction and exception behaviors.
  • Runs locally on desktops, as well as cloud-based CI/CD configurations.
  • Underpinned by the Arm Neoverse CPU natively executing Arm code, achieving higher simulation speeds than traditional modeling technologies.
  • Accurate models of complete SoCs and development kits, including peripherals, sensors, and other board components. These models are not performance accurate.
  • Executes the same binaries as real hardware and leverages the board SDKs and software code examples.
  • Uses cloud-based servers, avoiding the complexity and cost of maintaining physical hardware.

Products Included
Products Included
  • Raspberry Pi Model 4
  • NXP® i.MX 93 Applications Processor
  • NXP® i.MX 8M Arm Cortex Complex
  • STM32U5 IoT Discovery Kit

Designed for
Designed for
  • Software validation for ML and embedded applications.
  • CI workflows for unit and integration testing of software modules with abstracted I/O interfaces.
  • Exploration of embedded software stacks and examples.
  • Training and education.
  • Software developers building IoT, Automotive, ML, and embedded applications.
  • OS (e.g. Linux) distribution and application verification with binary compatible images.
  • Integration with cloud service providers solutions.
  • Demonstration, training, and education for modern cloud-native software development practices.

Costs
Costs
  • Via Arm Tools Artifactory, free of charge for evaluation, open-source projects and non-commercial use.
  • Via Arm Keil MDK, at no extra cost to users of the MDK-Professional edition.
  • Via AWS AMI (experimental), infrastructure costs vary on usage. Visit AWS Marketplace for more information.

A free 30-day trial plus a paid service subscription is available. For further detail on pricing, click here.


Resources and Support
Resources and Support

Get Started
Get Started

See Infrastructure documentation for available options in cloud and desktop environments.

Available via Corellium. Click here to get started.

 

* For users inside mainland China, please access AVH through AWS China Marketplace for a better user experience.

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