... system-level verification product and Virtio's virtual prototyping technology will help move systems to market by giving software developers the ability to begin code development earlier than with prevailing methods.

Virtio is one of a handful of companies offering virtual platforms, one of the few existing bridges between the worlds of hardware and software. Technologists and industry observers have increasingly called for a tighter collaboration between hardware and software. 

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