COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING VERIFICATION SUPPORT PROGRAM, VERIFICATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND VERIFICATION SUPPORT METHOD FOR SUPPORTING VERIFICATION OF HARDWARE SYSTEM DESIGN INCLUDING DIFFERENT HARDWARE MODELS

A verification support apparatus and method are provided. The verification support apparatus executing a simulation controlling a communication between a first hardware model in communication with a bus model and adapted to the same first specifications as the bus model, and a second hardware model in communication with the bus model and adapted to second specifications differing from those of the bus model, the apparatus includes a reception unit that receives data based on the second specifications from the second hardware model, a conversion unit that, based on the first specifications, converts the data received by the reception unit into data adapted to the first specifications; and a transmission unit that transmits the data converted by the conversion unit, via the bus model, to a hardware model which is a transmission destination.