Patents by Inventor Robert Clayton Snell

Robert Clayton Snell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for implementing communication between a software side and a hardware side of a test bench in a transaction-based acceleration verification system
    Patent number: 8051402
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for implementing communication between a software side and a hardware side of a test bench in a transaction-based acceleration verification system are described. In one example, transactors and communication channels are identified in a hierarchy of the test bench. Software side endpoints of the communication channels are automatically bound to hardware side endpoints of the communication channels during verification based on naming attributes of the transactors and communication channels with respect to the software side and the hardware side of the test bench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Clayton Snell
  • Method and Apparatus for Implementing Communication Between a Software Side and a Hardware Side of a Test Bench in a Transaction-Based Acceleration Verification System
    Publication number: 20090083683
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for implementing communication between a software side and a hardware side of a test bench in a transaction-based acceleration verification system are described. In one example, transactors and communication channels are identified in a hierarchy of the test bench. Software side endpoints of the communication channels are automatically bound to hardware side endpoints of the communication channels during verification based on naming attributes of the transactors and communication channels with respect to the software side and the hardware side of the test bench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Clayton Snell