Automatic Generation of Properties to Assist Hardware Emulation

Analysis of a first verification test suite automatically generates properties that may be directly used in a subsequent verification test suite. For example, an IP module may be verified by executing a software simulation test suite. The resulting data is accessed and analyzed to detect a set of properties of the software simulation test suite. A set of emulator-synthesizable properties are selected from the set of detected properties. The emulator-synthesizable properties are suitable for incorporation in a hardware emulation test suite used to test the SoC.