System level simulation method and device
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorYoshiyuki Ito
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Abstract
The system level simulation method of the present invention comprises the steps of: dividing the simulation target device into a first circuitry portion and a second circuitry portion; emulating the first circuitry portion by an emulation subject circuit constructed by a rewritable hardware; simulating the second circuitry portion by a partial circuit process substitute section constructed by software; and allowing communication of data between the emulation subject circuit and the partial circuit process substitute section.
Claims17
A system level simulation method for simulating a target device, comprising the steps of:
- dividing said target device into a first circuitry portion and a second circuitry portion;
- emulating only said first circuitry portion by an emulation subject circuit constructed by rewritable hardware;
- simulating only said second circuitry portion by a partial circuit process substitute section constructed by software;
- and
- allowing communication of data between said emulation subject circuit and said partial process substitute section.
A system level simulation device for simulating a target device, comprising:
- an emulation subject for emulating only a first circuitry portion in said target device, said emulation subject circuit being constructed by a rewritable hardware;
- a partial circuit process substitute section for simulating only a second circuitry portion in said target device, said partial circuit process substitute section being constructed by software;
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- a communicator for transmitting data required for the simulation between said emulation subject circuit and said partial circuit process substitute section.
A computer readable medium containing program instructions for simulating a target device, the program instructions for performing the steps comprising:
- dividing said target device into a first circuitry portion and a second circuitry portion;
- emulating only said first circuitry portion by an emulation subject circuit constructed by a rewritable hardware;
- simulating only said second circuitry portion by a partial circuit process substitute section constructed by software;
- and
- allowing communication of data between said emulation subject circuit and said partial process substitute section by a communicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.