Methods and apparatus for controlling multiple master/slave connections

Abstract

Techniques and mechanisms provide various representations and/or the ability to control component interconnections in an electronic design. For example, virtual representations, which may be combined with physical representations, of actual hardware connections between components of an electronic design are provided. A virtual port is generally mapped to a hidden physical port, which corresponds to an actual hardware port of a particular component. The virtual port may be mapped to multiple hidden physical ports or mapped to a single hidden physical port shared by another virtual port. The mapping may also take into account various constraints (e.g., functionalities supported by the components selected for connection; burst data transfers; prefetchable memory reads; etc.) to allow for efficient control and/or presentation of interconnection information. Based on the mappings, components can be automatically connected. As such, the creation and understanding of an electronic design is made easier and clearer to the user.