Xilinx, Inc.

David A McNicholl

Reto Stamm

Ciaran McGloin

Amr Yahia El Monawir

Aurelian Vasile Lazarut

Jason Lawlor

A client-server semiconductor verification system is described. The system comprises a client device storing a test job having test vectors and configuration data for programmable logic for testing a design of a logic circuit. A server is coupled to the client device and receives the test job from the client device. Finally, a system under test coupled to the server and has programmable logic which is reconfigured. The system under test receives the test vectors and outputs result vectors to the client device by way of the server. Corresponding methods are also disclosed.

Client-server semiconductor verification system

A method and arrangement for executing instructions of a computer program using a programmable logic device to perform selected functions of the program. Profile data for code segments of the computer program are generated during program execution. Based on the profile data, a code segment is selected for transformation to a hardware implementation. The functionality of the selected code segment is transformed into a configuration bitstream, and the PLD is configured with the configuration bitstream. During program execution, the PLD is activated in lieu of executing the code segment.

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Dundalk, Ireland

David A McNicholl