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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2003
Michael R. Butts, Portland, OR (US);
Elliot H. Mednick, Salem, NH (US);
Michael R. Butts, Portland, OR (US);
Elliot H. Mednick, Salem, NH (US);
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A design verification system for developing electronic systems and methods for manufacturing and using same. The design verification system comprises a plurality of system elements, including at least one physical (or hardware) element and/or at least one virtual (or software) element, which are coupled, and configured to communicate, via a general communication system. Since the system elements may be provided on dissimilar development platforms, each system element is coupled with the communication system via a co-verification interface, which is provided as a layered protocol stack to assure portability and flexibility. Through use of the co-verification interface, the design verification system can be configured to support a wide variety of mixed physical/virtual systems.