Generating Hardware Accelerators and Processor Offloads

A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable media and including instructions for generating a test harness for a hardware accelerator that, when executed by a processor, perform steps comprising:

• accessing a template simulation script corresponding to the hardware accelerator, the hardware accelerator including a plurality of inputs, a clock input, and a plurality of outputs;
• adding a first set of instructions to the simulation script to provide input parameters to the plurality of inputs during a test of the hardware accelerator;
• adding a second set of instructions to the simulation script to provide clock inputs to the clock input during the text of the hardware accelerator;
• adding a third set of instructions to the simulation script to access one or more output values from the plurality of outputs during the test of the hardware accelerator;
• and
• accessing a waveform template script corresponding to the hardware accelerator, the waveform template script, when executed, configured to display the input parameters, the clock inputs, and the accessed output values.

A system for generating a test harness for a hardware accelerator comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, perform steps comprising:
• accessing a template simulation script corresponding to the hardware accelerator, the hardware accelerator including a plurality of inputs, a clock input, and a plurality of outputs;
• adding a first set of instructions to the simulation script to provide input parameters to the plurality of inputs during a test of the hardware accelerator;
• adding a second set of instructions to the simulation script to provide clock inputs to the clock input during the text of the hardware accelerator;
• adding a third set of instructions to the simulation script to access one or more output values from the plurality of outputs during the test of the hardware accelerator;
• and
• accessing a waveform template script corresponding to the hardware accelerator, the waveform template script, when executed, configured to display the input parameters, the clock inputs, and the accessed output values;
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• a processor configured to execute the instructions.