Patent ID: 7356786

Claim:
A computer readable medium storing computer readable code, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform operations for facilitating debugging of a fabricated integrated circuit, comprising: displaying, on a display device associated with a user, at least a portion of a high level hardware description language (HDL) description of electronic circuitry to be included within the fabricated integrated circuit; selecting aspects of the electronic circuitry, with respect to the high level HDL description of the electronic circuitry, to be examined and/or modified during debugging of the fabricated integrated circuit; displaying, on the display device, a visual indication of the selections that have been made with respect to the high level HDL description of the electronic circuitry; creating a design for design instrumentation circuitry based on the aspects of the electronic circuitry determined to be examined and/or modified; and incorporating the design for the design instrumentation circuitry into the high level HDL description or a circuit representation derived from the high level HDL description of the electronic circuitry so as to facilitate debugging of the fabricated integrated circuit.