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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2006
Applicants:
William F. Beausoleil, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Beshara G. Elmufdi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
William F. Beausoleil, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Beshara G. Elmufdi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hardware emulator having a first primitive for evaluating functions having a first input width and a second primitive, coupled to the first primitive, for evaluating a function having a second input width, where the first input width is unequal to the second input width. The use of either the first primitive or the second primitive is selected depending upon the function to be evaluated.