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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Chih-wen Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Chih-Wen Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Faraday Technology Corp., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for functional verification of hardware design. First, a first memory region storing a test pattern and a second memory region storing interrupt instructions are provided. Then, the test pattern stored in the first memory is hardware-simulated. If an external interrupt is received during the simulation of the test pattern, the second memory region is accessed and the interrupt instructions are hardware-simulated. Thereafter, the simulated result of the interrupt instructions is self-tested to obtain a first verification result, and the hardware design is verified according to the first verification result.