Patent ID: 7444257
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a testbench for a representation of a device to be incorporated in a data processing apparatus, the testbench providing a test environment that represents one or more components of the data processing apparatus with which that device is to be coupled, the representation of the device being configurable based on configuration data specifying predetermined attributes of the one or more components, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving the configuration data used to configure the representation of the device; (b) generating the testbench with reference to the configuration data and a first set of templates defining the test environment; and (c) generating the representation of the device with reference to the configuration data and a second set of templates defining the representation of the device, wherein the representation of the device is formed from constituent blocks and the second set of templates defines the representation of the device and its constituent blocks.