Simics User Documentation

This document provides users new to Virtutech® Simics® a quick introduction on effectively using Simics. It describes the concepts and benefits of virtualized software development and the products in the Simics family. It also provides a tutorial and links to other Simics documents that will help you to become effective with Virtutech Simics.

This document describes how to model systems in Simics. Both new users and experienced Simics users benefit from reading this manual. The modeling process is described, as well as the DML language and tool and modeling techniques. For experienced users, this manual gives advanced programming tips when modeling, it describes system representation and how to create well behaved models.

This document explains how to use Simics as a tool for software development. Simics is used as both an execution platform for your target software as well as a debugger (providing either its own built in debugger, or an interface to a third party debugger).