Techniques and systems for analysis, diagnosis and debugging fabricated
hardware designs at a Hardware Description Language (HDL) level are
described. Although the hardware designs (which were designed in HDL)
have been fabricated in integrated circuit products with limited
input/output pins, the techniques and systems enable the hardware designs
within the integrated circuit products to be comprehensively analyzed,
diagnosed, and debugged at the HDL level at speed. The ability to debug
hardware designs at the HDL level facilitates correction or adjustment of
the HDL description of the hardware designs.