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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Stephen P. Sample, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mikhail Bershteyn, Campbell, CA (US);
Michael R. Butts, Portland, OR (US);
Jerry R. Bauer, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen P. Sample, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mikhail Bershteyn, Campbell, CA (US);
Michael R. Butts, Portland, OR (US);
Jerry R. Bauer, Cupertino, CA (US);
Quickturn Design Systems Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A hardware emulation system is disclosed which reduces hardware cost by time multiplexing multiple design signals onto physical logic chip pins and printed circuit board. The hardware emulation system comprises a plurality of reprogrammable logic devices, and a plurality of reprogrammable interconnect devices. The logic devices and interconnect devices are interconnected together such that multiple design signals share common I/O pins and circuit board traces through the use of multiplexing.