Distributed hardware device simulation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9317637
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13006696

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Distributed hardware device simulation, including: identifying a plurality of hardware components of the hardware device; providing software components simulating the functionality of each hardware component, wherein the software components are installed on compute nodes of a distributed processing system; receiving, in at least one of the software components, one or more messages representing an input to the hardware component; simulating the operation of the hardware component with the software component, thereby generating an output of the software component representing the output of the hardware component; and sending, from the software component to at least one other software component, one or more messages representing the output of the hardware component.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Archer, Charles J Rochester, US 234 5206
Blocksome, Michael A Rochester, US 158 4247
Ratterman, Joseph D Rochester, US 127 3682
Smith, Brian E Rochester, US 165 3965

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