Method and system for automatic recognition of simulation configurations of an integrated circuit

Method for the automatic recognition of the available simulation configurations of integrated circuits under design comprising at least two components connected to one another directly or indirectly, for the functional verification of said circuits through simulation tests, characterized in that it comprises:

• a step for the acquisition of a simulation configuration by a first manager, called a “server manager” (14), associated with the simulator, during the initialization of the simulator program, during which all the constructors of HLL (C++) instances of components present in the current global simulation model are called, each of these constructors registering (35) its presence by transmitting its own parameters (label, type, HDL path, etc.) to the server manager, which constructs the instance table of the components,
• a step for the sending of a request by a second manager, called the “client manager” (11), to the server manager (14) in order to learn whether the components expected in a configuration by the client manager (11) are present and what their positions (indicated by the labels) and their types are,
• a step for the sending of a response by the server manager (14) to the client manager (11), after a consultation of the instance table of the components, which response contains the instances of the components present and/or an error notification in case of the absence of one or more expected components, and for the storing of the response in at least one configuration model storage table (12) by the client manager,
• a step for the comparison by the client manager (11) of the response with the requirements of the test, followed by a step for the disabling, activation and/or modification of certain parts of the test by the client manager (11) in order to adapt the test to the configuration, or the signaling of an error if that proves impossible.