Patent ID: 7987075

Claim:
Method for simulating multicore microcomputer-based systems comprising the steps of: simulating a microcomputer-based controller model for each core, each core of a plurality of cores having at least one parameter, simulating a plant model having at least one parameter and controlled by said controller model, simulating an interface processor having access to parameters for each core of the controller model and plant model, suspending the execution of said cores of the controller model and plant model through said user interface in response to a trigger event, determining the status of controller model parameter(s) for each core and/or plant model parameter(s) through said interface processor during said suspending step without altering said controller model parameter(s) or said plant model parameter(s), identifying the core of said plurality of cores having the highest load ratio for an idle operation, and assigning the next unassigned software task to the identified core having the highest load ratio for the idle operation.