A system for efficiently developing an LSI. A developing system includes a
developing apparatus and a support center, which are connected to each
other via the Internet. The host computer of the developing apparatus
designs the software of a system LSI in accordance with a user's
instruction. An emulator debugger sends design data to the support
center. The support center performs a predetermined process on the
received design data and notifies the processing result to a host
computer via the Internet.