Patent ID: 9600398
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of debugging a simulation system comprising design code representing a design of an electronic circuit and test program code configured to exercise the design code, the method comprising: using a first debugging tool, executing a first simulation of the test program code and the design code, to generate first simulation results, wherein the first simulation results comprise a plurality of signal values generated by the first simulation; using the first debugging tool, storing information of the first simulation result a first dump file; using an interactive debugging tool, executing an interactive simulation of the test program code and the design code to generate interactive simulation results, wherein the interactive simulation results comprise a plurality of signal values generated by the interactive simulation, wherein the interactive debugging tool is different from the first debugging tool; using the interactive debugging tool, storing the interactive simulation results to a second dump file, wherein the first dump file is separate from the second dump file; and during the interactive simulation, displaying, using the interactive debugging tool, information from the first dump file.