DRAGONX SYSTEMS
Zenith Architect
The Pinnacle of System-Level Design Intelligence
Making Hardware Design 10x Faster Through Higher-Order Abstraction
Strategic Foresight: Predict system behavior before implementation
System-Level Intelligence: 10x faster holistic architecture evaluation
Abstraction Mastery: Design at the conceptual level, not implementation details
Architectural Omniscience: 90% accuracy across all workload paradigms
Strategic Cost Optimization: Reduce development investments by 60%
Zenith Architect: The Apex of Design Intelligence
Transcending Implementation - Operating at the Highest Level of Architectural Abstraction
Strategic Foresight
Predict and optimize system behavior before a single line of code is written. Think architecture, not implementation.
System-Level Mastery
Orchestrate complex interactions between CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, and networks at the highest level of abstraction.
Fully Customizable
Adapt to any architectural paradigm. From traditional computing to cutting-edge AI accelerators - infinitely configurable.
The Zenith Difference: Above Implementation, Beyond Traditional Tools
Traditional Approach:
- • Focus on implementation details
- • Component-level thinking
- • Reactive problem solving
- • Limited design space exploration
- • Manual configuration and tuning
Zenith Architect:
- • Strategic architectural vision
- • Holistic system orchestration
- • Predictive design intelligence
- • Infinite configurability
- • Autonomous optimization
Zenith Architect's Strategic Impact
Development Improvements
Time to Market Comparison
Zenith Architect Ecosystem
Specialized tools operating under the Zenith Architect's strategic oversight, each targeting specific domains while maintaining the highest level of architectural abstraction and system-level intelligence.
FLASH
Zenith-Powered AI Acceleration: Fast and Lightweight Search of Hardware-Software Co-Design for Deep Learning Workloads. Operating at the strategic level, FLASH leverages Zenith Architect's system-level intelligence to optimize both hardware and software simultaneously through predictive abstraction.
Key Features:
- • Design space exploration of AI chips with support for direct compilation of Pytorch models as workloads
- • Lightweight hardware-software co-optimization
- • Rapid evaluation of design alternatives
- • Automated parameter tuning
PHASE
Zenith-Guided Silicon Synthesis: Python-based HLS for Automated Silicon Exploration. Transcending traditional synthesis, PHASE operates under Zenith Architect's strategic oversight to convert conceptual Python algorithms directly into optimized hardware through architectural foresight and system-level abstraction.
Key Features:
- • Direct Python-to-hardware synthesis
- • Automated design space exploration
- • Built-in optimization for area and power
- • Integrated verification framework
FORGE
Zenith-Orchestrated RISC-V Intelligence: Flexible Open RISC-V Simulation and Evaluation. Powered by Zenith Architect's strategic vision, FORGE operates at the highest level of architectural abstraction, enabling predictive RISC-V exploration that transcends traditional simulation boundaries.
Key Features:
- • Full RISC-V ISA support with extensions
- • Cycle-accurate performance modeling
- • Customizable microarchitecture parameters
- • Integrated workload analysis tools
GLARE
Zenith-Empowered GPU Mastery: GPU Level Architectural Runtime Emulator. Under Zenith Architect's strategic guidance, GLARE achieves unprecedented GPU architectural intelligence, operating at the conceptual level to predict and optimize complex GPU behaviors before implementation.
Key Features:
- • Comprehensive GPU architecture simulation
- • Memory hierarchy and cache modeling
- • Shader core performance analysis
- • Support for modern graphics and compute APIs
Strategic Architecture Solutions
Strategic Architecture Evaluation
Zenith Architect's predictive intelligence evaluates architectures at the conceptual level, 70% faster than traditional approaches. Transcending implementation details to focus on strategic architectural decisions.
- • Multi-scenario performance modeling
- • Power and area estimation
- • Workload-specific optimization
Omniscient Design Space Orchestration
Zenith Architect's system-level intelligence autonomously explores infinite design possibilities, operating at the highest level of abstraction to identify optimal architectural paradigms before implementation begins.
- • Technology node comparison
- • Memory hierarchy optimization
- • Cost-performance trade-offs
Strategic ROI Optimization
Zenith Architect's foresight capabilities enable strategic investment decisions at the architectural level, predicting ROI and market impact before development resources are committed.
- • Early-stage cost estimation
- • Time-to-market optimization
Zenith Architect Framework Architecture
Framework Architecture
The Zenith Architect framework operates at the pinnacle of design abstraction, seamlessly orchestrating workload analysis, predictive performance modeling, strategic design space exploration, and intelligent hardware synthesis. This system-level intelligence transcends traditional implementation-focused approaches, delivering architectural foresight and strategic optimization capabilities that operate above the complexity of individual components.
Zenith Architect in Action: Strategic Case Studies
Real-world applications demonstrating Zenith Architect's system-level intelligence, seamless integration capabilities, and unprecedented exploration speed across diverse architectural challenges.
Fortune 500 AI Accelerator: From Concept to Silicon in 3 Months
Challenge: A leading cloud provider needed to evaluate 50+ AI accelerator architectures for their next-generation inference platform, traditionally requiring 18+ months of analysis.
Zenith Architect Solution: Operating at the strategic abstraction level, Zenith Architect's predictive intelligence evaluated all architectural variants in just 3 weeks, identifying the optimal design through system-level foresight rather than implementation-heavy simulation.
Integration Speed
2 Days
From existing PyTorch models to architectural evaluation
Exploration Acceleration
25x Faster
Compared to traditional RTL-based approaches
Key Achievements
- • Seamless PyTorch model integration
- • 50+ architecture variants evaluated
- • 94% accuracy in performance prediction
- • Zero manual RTL coding required
- • Strategic design decisions in weeks
Strategic Impact
$15M saved in development costs, 12-month time-to-market advantage
Autonomous Vehicle SoC: Multi-Domain Architecture Optimization
Challenge: Tier-1 automotive supplier required a heterogeneous SoC combining RISC-V cores, AI accelerators, and safety-critical components with strict power and latency constraints.
Zenith Architect Solution: Leveraged system-level intelligence to orchestrate FORGE (RISC-V), FLASH (AI acceleration), and custom safety modules, achieving holistic optimization impossible with component-level tools.
Multi-Tool Integration
1 Week
FORGE + FLASH + Safety modules unified
Design Space Coverage
1000+
Architecture combinations evaluated
System-Level Optimization
- • Cross-domain workload balancing
- • Real-time safety constraint verification
- • Power-performance co-optimization
- • Thermal-aware architectural decisions
- • ISO 26262 compliance validation
Results
40% power reduction, 60% faster than manual design exploration
IoT Edge Processor: Python Algorithm to Custom Silicon
Challenge: IoT startup needed to transform their Python-based computer vision algorithms into ultra-low-power custom silicon for edge deployment, with severe area and power constraints.
Zenith Architect Solution: PHASE's Python-to-hardware synthesis, guided by Zenith's strategic intelligence, automatically generated optimized accelerator designs while maintaining algorithmic fidelity and meeting strict power budgets.
Development Speed
3 Weeks
From Python code to verified silicon design
Power Efficiency
85% Better
Than general-purpose alternatives
Seamless Integration
- • Direct Python algorithm import
- • Automated datapath optimization
- • Memory hierarchy auto-generation
- • Power-aware scheduling
- • Verification framework included
Business Impact
Product launch accelerated by 8 months, $5M funding secured
Hyperscale GPU Cluster: System-Level Performance Optimization
Challenge: Major cloud provider needed to optimize their next-generation GPU clusters for diverse AI workloads, requiring analysis of complex GPU-CPU-memory-network interactions at unprecedented scale.
Zenith Architect Solution: GLARE's GPU architectural intelligence combined with Zenith's system-level orchestration provided holistic cluster optimization, identifying bottlenecks and optimization opportunities across the entire system hierarchy.
System Complexity
10,000+
GPU nodes analyzed simultaneously
Throughput Improvement
35%
Cluster-wide performance optimization
Holistic Analysis
- • Inter-GPU communication optimization
- • Memory bandwidth utilization
- • Network topology impact analysis
- • Workload scheduling intelligence
- • Power distribution optimization
Strategic Value
$50M annual savings through optimized utilization
Why Zenith Architect Delivers Unprecedented Results
Seamless Integration
Direct integration with existing workflows, tools, and codebases. No learning curve, no migration complexity - just immediate strategic intelligence.
Exploration Velocity
10-25x faster than traditional approaches through strategic abstraction. Explore thousands of possibilities in days, not months.
Strategic Precision
System-level intelligence that transcends component optimization, delivering architectural decisions with strategic foresight.
Latest from Our Blog
Accelerating Non-AI Workloads: Our Approach to Hardware Synthesis
Our hardware synthesis framework automatically generates optimized accelerator designs for non-AI workloads. By combining algorithm-specific optimizations with advanced scheduling techniques, we achieve dramatic performance improvements—like a 387× speedup for matrix multiplication using systolic arrays.
Building a Python to RISC-V Compiler and Simulator: Our Journey
At DragonX Systems, we've developed a powerful Python to RISC-V compiler and simulator that enables rapid architecture evaluation and performance estimation for chip designs. Our multi-layered compilation strategy parses Python code into an AST, analyzes computational patterns, compiles to RISC-V instructions, and provides detailed performance metrics across various technology nodes.
Introducing DragonX: Revolutionary AI-Powered Chip Design Tools
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DragonX Toolchain Integration
Seamless Integration with Industry-Standard EDA Tools
DragonX products (PHASE, FORGE, and GLARE) integrate seamlessly with both Synopsys and Cadence toolchains, providing a complete design flow from high-level modeling to physical implementation. Our tools bridge the gap between algorithmic exploration and silicon realization.
DragonX Toolchain Integration Architecture
System-Level Modeling
RTL-Level PPA Estimation
Synthesis + Physical Planning
Technology IP Creation
Comprehensive IP Libraries
DragonX provides extensive libraries of hardware components that can be rapidly assembled into complete system models. Our Technology IPs are the backbone of our accelerated modeling approach, enabling complex designs to be constructed and evaluated in a fraction of the time.
Featured Technology IP Components
Processors
- • ARM Processors
- • RISC-V Cores
- • Other Processor Families
- • Custom Accelerators
Memory Systems
- • Cache Hierarchies
- • Memory Storage
- • DRAM/SRAM Models
- • Scratchpad Memory
Interfaces
- • AMBA Interface
- • System/Board Interfaces
- • Semiconductor Buses
- • DMA Controllers
Technology IP Integration Workflow
Select Components
Choose from our extensive IP library
Configure Parameters
Customize for your specific needs
Connect System
Visual assembly via block diagram
Simulate & Analyze
Rapid performance evaluation