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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Samir S Palnitkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Darrell R Parham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395500 ; 364578 ; 364488 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for simulation of a hardware design using a cycle-based event-driven simulation. The present invention also provides for a measuring technique for estimating the potential performance gain obtained by using traditional simulation techniques as opposed to the cycle-based event-driven simulation technique of the present invention. The result of the measuring technique is provided for a user as a tool in determining which technique they would like to use for the simulation of their hardware design.