Patent ID: 7092868
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for resolving testcase collection inconsistencies between a testcase bucket and the master harvest hit table in a batch simulation farm that facilitates computer-aided simulation testing of hardware design, said method comprising: multiple simulation clients communicating simulation testcase results to an instrumentation server that maintains a master harvest hit table having harvest event entries that associate harvest events triggered during simulation testing with corresponding triggering testcases, wherein said testcase bucket contains testcases that have triggered harvest events during simulation testing of a simulation model by said multiple simulation clients; within one of said multiple simulation clients: responsive to said step of comparing said identified harvest events with the harvest events recorded within the local copy of said master harvest hit table resulting in a determination that previous occurrences of one or more of said identified harvest events have not been recorded: updating said master harvest hit table with said one or more of said identified harvest events that do not match harvest events recorded in said master harvest hit table; comparing testcases recorded within said testcase bucket to testcases identified within said master harvest hit table; and resolving testcase inconsistencies between said testcase bucket and said master harvest hit table by: