Method for emulating a circuit design using an electrically reco

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A system for physical emulation of electronic circuits or systems includes a data entry workstation where a user may input data representing the circuit or system configuration. This data is converted to a form suitable for programming an array of programmable gate elements provided with a richly interconnected architecture. Provision is made for externally connecting VLSI devices or other portions of a user's circuit or system. a network of internal probing interconnections is made available by utilization of unused circuit paths in the programmable gate arrays.

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