Note/Origins of DesignWare ARC nSIM

#FLASHBACK — nSIM resembles the productized variant of ArcSim, a research simulator prototype developed by the PASTA research group at The University of Edinburgh . At the time of its product release in 2012, it immediately replaced all previous ARC simulation products, and has now become a cornerstone of the ARC and ARC-V product lines. Synopsys publicly confirmed that the nSIM simulation…