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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2020
Xepic Corporation Limited, Nanjing, CN;
Tsair-Chin Lin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jingbo Gao, San Jose, CA (US);
XEPIC CORPORATION LIMITED, Nanjing, CN;
Abstract
An efficient and cost-effective method for usage of emulation machine is disclosed, in which a new concept and use model called debug station is described. The debug station methodology lets people run emulation using a machine from one vendor, and debug designs using a machine from another vendor, so long as these machines meet certain criteria. The methodology and its associated hardware hence are called a 'platform neutral debug station.' The debug station methodology breaks loose usage of emulation machines, where people can choose the best machine for running a design, and the best machine for debugging, and they do not need to be the same. Unlike the past, where people needed to run emulation and debug a design using same emulator from beginning to the end, the mix-and-match method described herein allows users to use emulators in the most efficient way, and often most cost effective too.