US 11,144,687 B1Granted

Method and system providing visualization of sub-circuit iterations based on handshake signals

AssigneeXilinx, Inc.

InventorsPramod Chandraiah, Roger Ng, Alain Darte, Radharamanan Radhakrishnan, Peter Frey, Kumar Deepak

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Abstract

Disclosed approaches monitor states of a plurality of sets of a plurality of handshake signals. Each set of handshake signals is associated with a respective one sub-circuit of a plurality of sub-circuits. For each sub-circuit, a beginning of an iteration by the sub-circuit is detected based on states of the plurality of handshake signals of the set associated with the sub-circuit. A graphics object is generated in response to detecting the beginning of the iteration. The graphics object is displayed on a display device and overlaid on a timeline associated with the sub-circuit. The graphics object has a bound that corresponds to the beginning of the iteration. The end of the iteration is detected based on the states of the associated set of handshake signals, and the graphics object is bounded on the timeline to indicate the end of the iteration.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

monitoring states of a plurality of sets of a plurality of handshake signals by an analyzer tool executing on a computer system, each set of handshake signals associated with a respective one sub-circuit of a plurality of sub-circuits;
performing by the analyzer tool for each sub-circuit of the plurality of sub-circuits, operations including:
detecting a beginning of an iteration by the sub-circuit based on states of the plurality of handshake signals of the set associated with the sub-circuit;
generating, in response to detecting the states of the set of handshake signals associated with the sub-circuit indicating the beginning of the iteration, a respective graphics object representative of the iteration;
displaying on a display device, the respective graphics object overlaid on a timeline associated with the sub-circuit and having a first bound on the timeline corresponding to the beginning of the iteration;
detecting an end of the iteration based on the states of the plurality of handshake signals of the set associated with the sub-circuit;
and
bounding the graphics object with a second bound on the timeline in response to detecting the states of the set of handshake signals associated with the sub-circuit indicating the end of the iteration.

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A system comprising:

one or more computer processors configured to execute program code;
and
a memory arrangement coupled to the one or more computer processors, wherein the memory arrangement is configured with instructions that when executed by the one or more computer processors cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations including:
monitoring states of a plurality of sets of a plurality of handshake signals, each set of handshake signals associated with a respective one sub-circuit of a plurality of sub-circuits;
and
for each sub-circuit of the plurality of sub-circuits, operations including:
detecting a beginning of an iteration by the sub-circuit based on states of the plurality of handshake signals of the set associated with the sub-circuit;
generating, in response to detecting the states of the set of handshake signals associated with the sub-circuit indicating the beginning of the iteration, a respective graphics object representative of the iteration;
displaying on a display device, the respective graphics object overlaid on a timeline associated with the sub-circuit and having a first bound on the timeline corresponding to the beginning of the iteration;
detecting an end of the iteration based on the states of the plurality of handshake signals of the set associated with the sub-circuit;
and
bounding the graphics object with a second bound on the timeline in response to detecting the states of the set of handshake signals associated with the sub-circuit indicating the end of the iteration.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.