Apparatus and method for unified debug for simulation

Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor – Nanotechnology related integrated circuit design

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C716S030000, C716S030000, C703S014000

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ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment of the invention, a method for unified debug for simulation, includes: generating a transaction from a hardware verification language (HVL) testbench; copying signal states in the HVL testbench after the transaction is generated, wherein the signal states are copied in a hardware description language (HDL) mirror; generating a response to the transaction from a device-under-test (DUT); and displaying the signal states in the HVL testbench on a display screen as a first waveform, and displaying the DUT response on the display screen as a second waveform. In another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus is provided for unified debug for simulation, where the apparatus can perform the above method.

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