Driving pervasive commands using breakpoints in a hardware-accelerated simulation environment
US10228422B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/3323
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An aspect includes driving a plurality of commands to an interface unit of a circuit design in a hardware-accelerated simulator to dynamically initialize the circuit design to run one or more test cases based on an initialization sequence with breakpoint support. A state of the circuit design is examined through the interface unit based on triggering of a breakpoint on the hardware-accelerated simulator. A next action to perform in the initialization sequence is determined based on the state of the circuit design as determined through the interface unit. Execution of one or more scripts select the initialization sequence from a plurality of test cases, set the breakpoint, modify a state of the circuit design as the next action to perform, and capture a plurality of test results based on execution of the initialization sequence through the interface unit.
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