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Integrated circuit modeling method and framework tool

US8205174B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 17, 2009
Grant dateJun 19, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2117/08
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit modeling method 100 implementable on computer, which has an executable software model 145 having modules 140 of reusable functional cores 105 coded in a high level language and a virtual platform of the integrated circuit employable in an architecture exploration step 115. A modeling library of modules coded in high level languages and hardware level languages are provided and instantiated according to user input in a functional verification step 120 having a co-simulation environment, with interface code 170 between modules automatically generated by an interface generator 130 based on a two dimensional data array of hardware specification inputs 205, the interface code 170 further interfacing with wrappers engaged between high and hardware level language modules.

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