>they create detailed software models (usually in C++) of their chips to estimate performance as closely as they can before laying out a single transitory. Usu

>they create detailed software models (usually in C++) of their chips to estimate performance as closely as they can before laying out a single transitory. Usually System Verilog instead of C++ but it has C++ interfaces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SystemVerilog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SystemVerilog