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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2009
Applicants:

Claudio Basile, Oakland, CA (US);

Giacinto Paolo Saggese, San Jose, CA (US);

Keith Whisnant, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Claudio Basile, Oakland, CA (US);

Giacinto Paolo Saggese, San Jose, CA (US);

Keith Whisnant, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Simulating hardware includes generating a data flow representation of the hardware, based on a hardware description language (HDL) description. The data flow representation including compatibility information that preserves behavioral and synthesizable characteristics of the HDL description. Simulating hardware further includes generating code from the data flow representation, and executing the code concurrently.


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