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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Stephen L. Bade, Lindon, UT (US);
Shay Ben-chorin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Paul Caamano, San Mateo, CA (US);
Marcelo E. Montoreano, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Ani Taggu, Campbell, CA (US);
Filip C. Thoen, San Jose, CA (US);
Dean C. Wills, Corvallis, OR (US);
Stephen L. Bade, Lindon, UT (US);
Shay Ben-Chorin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Paul Caamano, San Mateo, CA (US);
Marcelo E. Montoreano, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Ani Taggu, Campbell, CA (US);
Filip C. Thoen, San Jose, CA (US);
Dean C. Wills, Corvallis, OR (US);
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated design environment (IDE) is disclosed for forming virtual embedded systems. The IDE includes a design language for forming finite state machine models of hardware components that are coupled to simulators of processor cores, preferably instruction set accurate simulators. A software debugger interface permits a software application to be loaded and executed on the virtual embedded system. A virtual test bench may be coupled to the simulation to serve as a human-machine interface. In one embodiment, the IDE is provided as a web-based service for the evaluation, development and procurement phases of an embedded system project. IP components, such as processor cores, may be evaluated using a virtual embedded system. In one embodiment, a virtual embedded system is used as an executable specification for the procurement of a good or service related to an embedded system.