Method, system and program product for facilitating debugging of simulation results obtained for an optimized simulation model of a device design having hierarchically-connected components

A system for facilitating debugging of simulation results obtained for an optimized simulation model of a device design having hierarchically-connected components, the system comprising:

• a computer-implemented processing tool, the computer-implemented processing tool comprising means for:
• receiving a component port name of the device design to be searched;
• automatically checking a hardware descriptive language description of the device design for a next higher level component of the device that instantiates the component having the component port name to be searched;
• locating a signal name in the next higher level component that is connected to the port identified by the component port name;
• and
• outputting the signal name as a signal that drives the named component port when the signal is other than a port signal of the next higher level component.

At least one program storage device readable by a computer, tangibly embodying at least one program of instructions executable by the computer, to perform a method of facilitating debugging of simulation results obtained for an optimized simulation model of a device design having hierarchically-connected components, the method comprising:

• receiving a component port name of the device design to be searched;
• automatically checking a hardware descriptive language description of the device design for a next higher level component of the device that instantiates the component having the component port name to be searched;
• locating a signal name in the next higher level component that is connected to the port identified by the component port name;
• and
• outputting the signal name as a signal that drives the named component port when the signal is other than a port signal of the next higher level component.