Register grouping and virtual register

One or more physically manufactured computer-readable storage media, encoding computer-executable instructions for executing on a computer system a computer process, the computer process comprising:

• determining a plurality of functional blocks configured on a system on chip (SoC);
• generating a register database, wherein the register database is configured to store one or more parameters of a plurality of registers, the plurality of registers representing the registers for a plurality of functional blocks on an SoC;
• determining one or more pattern strings, wherein each of the pattern strings identify a common functionality among the plurality of registers;
• performing a search on a register database for identifying a group of registers from the plurality of registers, wherein names of each of the group of registers include the pattern string;
• and
• generating a virtual register definition that relates to the group of registers.

A system comprising:

• memory;
• one or more processing units;
• and
• a register grouping system stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processor units, the register grouping system encoding computer-executable instructions on the memory for executing on the one or more processor units a computer process, the computer process comprising:
• generating a register database, wherein the register database is configured to store one or more parameters of a plurality of registers, the plurality of registers representing the registers for a plurality of functional blocks on a system on chip (SoC);
• determining one or more pattern strings, wherein each of the pattern strings identify a common functionality among the plurality of registers;
• performing a search on a register database for identifying a group of registers from the plurality of registers, wherein names of each of the group of registers include the pattern string;
• and
• generating a virtual register definition that relates to the group of registers.