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A method for simulation-emulation co-operation of Verilog and VHDL models is presented. The method is based on using Programming Language Interface (PLI) to achieve speedup in prototyping and to facilitate the communication between an emulator and a simulator. The PLI technique is implemented for both Verilog and VHDL models. The results show that this simulation-emulation co-operation method can significantly reduce the simulation time of a design implemented by VHDL codes as well as Verilog codes.
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Sarmadi, S.B., Miremadi, S.G., Asadi, G., Ejlali, A.R. (2002). Fast Prototyping with Co-operation of Simulation and Emulation. In: Glesner, M., Zipf, P., Renovell, M. (eds) Field-Programmable Logic and Applications: Reconfigurable Computing Is Going Mainstream. FPL 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2438. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46117-5_4
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