Abstract: Certain example embodiments described herein relate to techniques for observing an internal state of a software application executing in a runtime environment. For instance, certain example embodiments include traversing a structure of multiple live data objects in the executing software application; generating a graph of shadow data objects based on the traversing, with each shadow data object of the graph corresponding to a live data object of the executing software application; and providing access to the generated shadow graph via a user interface.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments described herein relate to techniques for observing an internal state of a software application executing in a runtime environment. For instance, certain example embodiments include traversing a structure of multiple live data objects in the executing software application; generating a graph of shadow data objects based on the traversing, with each shadow data object of the graph corresponding to a live data object of the executing software application; and providing access to the generated shadow graph via a user interface.

Abstract: The compilation of a high-level software-based description of an algorithm into efficient digital hardware implementation(s) is addressed. This is done through the definition of new semantics for software constructs with respect to hardware implementations. This approach allows a designer to work at a high level of abstraction, while the semantic model can be used to infer the resulting hardware implementation. These semantics are interpreted through the use of a compilation tool that analyzes the software description to generate a control and data flow graph. This graph is then the intermediate format used for optimizations, transformations and annotations. The resulting graph is then translated to either a register transfer level or a netlist-level description of the hardware implementation.