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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2004
Applicants:

Guillermo Maturana, Berkeley, CA (US);

Alok Kuchlous, Bangalore, IN;

Inventors:

Guillermo Maturana, Berkeley, CA (US);

Alok Kuchlous, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/02 (2006.01); G06F 7/06 (2006.01); G06F 7/22 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

One embodiment of the invention provides a system that facilitates integrating a simulation log into a verification environment. The system operates by first creating the simulation log during a simulation of a register transfer language description of an integrated circuit design. Next, for each entry in the simulation log, the system places a corresponding entry in a 'log entry table.' When a user selects an entry from the simulation log, the system determines a file offset for the entry within the simulation log. Next, the system locates the corresponding entry in the log entry table. The system then uses the log entry table to locate entries within simulator state files, which describe which portion of the integrated circuit is being simulated. This enables the system to display the corresponding entries from the simulator state files to a user.


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