From: Tom Gilchrist [tomg@tomgtomg.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:56 AM
To: Gilchrist, Thomas L
Subject: Fwd: [Fwd: RE: proposed SASQAG presentation on emulation for test]

Attachments: presoutline.doc; ATT35236.htm; presoutline.doc; ATT35237.htm




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  From: voss@oz.net
  Date: April 19, 2008 9:23:33 AM PDT
  To: tomg@tomgtomg.com
  Subject: [Fwd: RE: proposed SASQAG presentation on emulation for test]


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  Subject: RE: proposed SASQAG presentation on emulation for test
  From:    voss@oz.net
  Date:    Wed, April 16, 2008 7:04 am
  To:      "Tracy Monteith" <tracymon@microsoft.com>
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  See attached.


    By the way nothing was attached to mail that you sent.



    -----Original Message-----

    From: voss@oz.net [mailto:voss@oz.net]

    Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:44 PM

    To: Tracy Monteith

    Subject: RE: proposed SASQAG presentation on emulation for test



    Hi Tracy,



    Attached is the next level of detail, my preliminary outline.



    The material for the presentation is based on work at my previous

    employer, VariaMobile in Seattle.  Since I left 10 weeks ago, they have

    managed to break the emulator I was using.  Discussions about repair are

    underway.



    I am on tap for the SASQAG meeting in May.



    Dan



      Hi Dan,



      This could work but we need to work out an outline and some of the

      detail.

      We are running a Boeing guy for April SASQAG meeting but are you

      interested in presenting May or June? The crowds are a little smaller in

      summer if that matters to you.



      Tracy Monteith



      Phone 425-705-9028

      tracymon@microsoft.com

      http://eeg | http://bgweb





      -----Original Message-----

      From: voss@oz.net [mailto:voss@oz.net]

      Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:31 AM

      To: Tracy Monteith

      Subject: proposed SASQAG presentation on emulation for test



      Tracy,



      Today's the day!



      I would appreciate your comments.



      Dan Voss









      Title:  EMULATION AS A TEST INFRASTRUCTURE



      Abstract



      Emulation tools are particularly suited to software development for

      embedded applications.  Early emulators were based on hardware, limited

      in

      resources, and proprietary.  They were poor tools to develop code, and

      just about useless for testing.  Processor performance has improved

      tremendously, however, and the situation is much better today.  A prime

      reason is targets can now run a conventional desktop operating system.

      I

      will describe several important benefits from this for Development as

      well

      as Test, and what it takes to make infrastructure based on emulation

      workable.  There will be a demonstration comparing emulator operation

      with

      the real target for a portable entertainment product.  Emulation

      encourages automated test, and several examples from the same project

      will

      be shown.