Emulation system scaling
US6647362B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 24, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/331
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A scalable emulation system is disclosed. The basic embodiment of the emulation system includes a number of logic boards with logic chips that are reconfigurable to emulate circuit elements of a circuit design. The basic embodiment further includes a number of interconnect boards coupled to at least the logic boards. Each of the interconnect boards includes interconnect chips that are reconfigurable to selectively interconnect the logic chips of different ones of the logic boards. Additionally, at least each of a subset of the interconnect boards includes a number of expansion connectors for facilitating expansion of the emulation system in one or more selected ones of expansion orientations through coupling of at least one or more substantial replicates of the basic embodiment.
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