Compiler-oriented apparatus for parallel compilation, simulation and execution of computer programs and hardware models
US5999734A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2117/08
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distributed, compiler-oriented database is disclosed with operating modes including parallel compilation, parallel simulation and parallel execution of computer programs and hardware models. The invention utilizes a hardware apparatus consisting of shared memory multiprocessors, optionally augmented by processors with re-configurable logic execution pipelines or independently scheduled re-configurable logic blocks and a software database apparatus, manifest in the hardware apparatus, in order to efficiently support parallel database clients such as a source code analyzer, an elaborator, an optimizer, mapping and scheduling, code generation, linking/loading, execution/simulation, debugging, profiling, user interface and a file interface.
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