Deployment of Containerized Simulations in an API-Driven Distributed Infrastructure

TL;DR

This paper introduces SUNRISE, a unified infrastructure that enables flexible deployment of containerized virtual prototypes across distributed systems, enhancing collaboration and access to diverse simulation tools.

Contribution

It presents SUNRISE, a novel infrastructure that integrates containerization and open APIs to facilitate distributed deployment and cooperation in embedded system simulation.

Findings

Supports diverse simulation tools through containerization

Enables decentralized deployment of simulation workloads

Improves collaboration among users and tools

Abstract

The increasingly dynamic market for embedded systems makes virtual prototypes an indispensable tool for hardware/software codesign. The broad acceptance of the methodology has led to a diverse range of solutions: from open-source, pure console-based simulators to highly capable commercial simulation tools. In this work we present SUNRISE, an infrastructure to provide users a unified approach to utilizing virtual prototyping solutions, facilitate access to various simulation technologies and boost cooperation by leveraging decentralized compute resources for deployment of simulation workloads and definition of open APIs.