Patent ID: 7711537
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of data processing in a data processing system, said method comprising: a hardware description language (HDL) compiler compiling a HDL source code file describing a design entity and including signal group directives into a simulation executable model that includes an instantiation of the design entity and signal group information based on the signal group directives, wherein said compiling includes the HDL compiler establishing, by reference to the signal group directives, membership of multiple different signal names in a signal group specified in the signal group information, wherein each of the multiple different signal names in the signal group has a unique alphabetic string; producing, from the simulation executable model, an event trace file including simulation results and the signal group information; receiving a data set including at least one entry specifying the signal group by a signal group name from the signal group directives; in response to said receiving the data set: