Realization of functional verification debug station via cross-platform record-mapping-replay technology

A system comprising:

• one or more record adaptors configured to record emulation history from one or more emulators of a first emulator platform;
• one or more replay adaptors configured to replay the emulation history on one or more debug stations of a second emulator platform;
• a record/replay framework coupled to the one or more record adaptors and the one or more replay adaptors, the record/replay framework configured to enable cross platform record-mapping-replay between the one or more emulators of the first emulator platform and the one or more debug stations of the second emulator platform, wherein the one or more record adaptors, the one or more replay adaptors and the record/replay framework are programmed in one or more devices, wherein the record/replay framework includes:
• a Hardware Description Language (HDL) parser configured to collect information about state elements, input pins and clocks in a design,
• a session handler to save a session to be replayed,
• a record module to perform actions during recording, and
• a replay module to perform actions during replay;
• and
• a compiler configured to compile HDL source code.

A method comprising:

• implementing an emulator/debug station in a plurality of network accessible devices including compiling source code to run on a first emulator platform including performing a transformation during compilation;
• performing testing and/or debugging using the emulator/debug station including recording data;
• and
• replaying the recorded data on a specific emulator of a second emulator platform by applying an inverse transformation.