Patent ID: 8255853

Claim:
An apparatus for circuit emulation, the apparatus comprising: a first circuit board having conductive wiring paths; at least one circuit emulation resource on the first circuit board and coupled with a portion of the conductive wiring paths, each circuit emulation resource being configured to emulate a portion of an electronic circuit by receiving input signals and producing output signals in response to the input signals; a first interconnection interface on the first circuit board and coupled with at least a first portion of the at least one circuit emulation resource, the first interconnection interface being configured to couple with an interconnection interface of a second circuit board having a second group of conductive wiring paths and having a second group of circuit emulation resources; and a second interconnection interface on the first circuit board and coupled with at least a second portion of the at least one circuit emulation resource, the second interconnection interface being configured to couple with an interconnection interface of a third circuit board having a third group of conductive wiring paths and having a third group of circuit emulation resources, wherein the first interconnection interface and the second interconnection interface have at least one of non-overlapped signaling paths and provide at least a structural support for coupling the first, second, and third circuit boards and enabling structural stackability of the apparatus for circuit emulation.