With native support, SystemC functions are executed directly on the CoMET6 simulation kernel, resulting in full IEEE 1666 SystemC compliance and ultra-fast simulation speed. CoMET6 direct mapping of OCP-IP TL2 constructs improves bus communications performance by 4x for models using OCP-IP TL2. The CoMET6 Eclipse framework, with help from strategic developers like IBM, Intel, Nokia and Wind River, is quickly becoming the de facto industry standard development platform and framework for embedded system design tools. Through Eclipse, CoMET6 supports customer-developed and third-party Eclipse plug-ins, allowing tighter integration's with customer-specific design tools and flows. Together these improvements deliver high performance and standards-based interoperability.The CoMET6 virtual-platform editor (VPE), a platform entry and analysis user interface, speeds specification, configuration and debug of the virtual system prototype. VPE is a hierarchical block-based capability complementing existing tree-, table- and HTML-based interfaces.CoMET6 supports Linux and has the same functionality, look and feel across Windows and Linux, allowing customers to select whichever operating system they prefer. The solution features run-time improvements for multi-core design that deliver linear run-time performance versus the number of cores. With CoMET6 designers can accurately analyze and optimize architecture and software for power. A customisable cycle-accurate event-based power calculator enables power analysis and optimization of both the architecture and software.The initial release of CoMET6 supports Mentor Graphics ModelSim VHDL; subsequent releases will support additional simulators such as ModelSim Verilog, Cadence Incisive HDL Simulator, and Synopsys VCS.