Altera Corporation

Vishwas Tumkur Vijayendra

Jakob Raymond Jones

Bo Zhou

Kevin W Mai

The present embodiments relate to methods for simulating the behavior of an IP core that has an encrypted simulation model. The encrypted simulation model of the IP core may include a plurality of probes, which a debug option may activate selectively, if desired. The encrypted simulation model may collect data during a simulation as selected by the activated probes of the plurality of probes. The encrypted simulation model may perform smart diagnosis of the collected data based on a set of rules and generate feedback messages that may suggest corrective action in the event of a simulation failure.

Smart diagnosis of integrated circuits including IP cores with encrypted simulation models

A method for designing a system on a target device includes generating a timing netlist that reflects timing delays and timing relationships of a base configuration of a block in the system and a target configuration of the block in the system, wherein the base configuration of the block and the target configuration of the block implement different functionalities, and performing synthesis, placement, and routing on the system in response to the timing netlist.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Vishwas Tumkur Vijayendra