Analysis of the operation of a reconfigurable system

摘要

Approaches for preparing a system that is reconfigurable to implement a plurality of optional hardware functions are disclosed. In one approach, a method includes simulating the operation of the system during a time interval. The system is reconfigurable to implement a subset of the optional hardware functions, and the simulating determines which of the optional hardware functions are active and which of the optional hardware functions are inactive during a plurality of subintervals of the time interval. Respective circuit resource sets are estimated for the subintervals of the time interval. For each of the subintervals, the respective circuit resource set implements the system including the optional hardware functions that are active during the subinterval. Information describing the respective circuit resource sets for the subintervals is stored for preparing partial reconfigurations of the system.