Fujitsu Announces Fast Cycle-for-Cycle ARM CPU Simulator
Fujitsu's simulation technology is based on a JIT compiler that enables hardware designers to run cycle-level simulations of multicore ARM processors that can be executed on a "standard PC" Fujitsu says that the system runs at "more than 100 MHz" and is more than 100 times faster than previous simulators. The margin of error is +/- 5 percent in respect of the actual hardware.
Since ARM cores are widely used for smartphones, tablets and future entry-level PCs, Fujitsu believes that its simulator will result in shorter development cycles as well as a greater variety of ARM-based systems. The company said that it intends to continue its development and make its simulator both faster and more accurate.
Agreed, the slow Android SDK forced me to buy an Android. I only use it for developing but they got me to buy one.
The full article: http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2012/20120313-02.html
Sounds like this software will simulate the circuit-level responses of the ARM core to an environment you're developing. (e.g. build a Raspberry Pi, find out if you have enough address space to write to the display buffer...)
Edit: Epic link fail.