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Hardware emulator having a variable input emulation group

US7904288B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

William F. Beausoleil · Hopewell Junction, US
Beshara Elmufdi · Sunnyvale, US
Mitchell G. Poplack · San Jose, US
Tai Su · Taoyuan, TW

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 6, 2006
Grant date	Mar 8, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 15, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F30/331
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A hardware emulator having a variable input emulation group is described. Each emulation group comprises two or more processors, where one of the processors (a first processor) is coupled to a data input selector and another one of the processors (a second processor) processes a first amount of data received from a data array. The data input selector receives the first amount of data and a second amount of data from the data array, and selects a third amount of data from among the first and second amounts of data. The third amount of data is provided to the first processor for evaluation.

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