A method and apparatus for viewing and/or analyzing the operations and
logical states of an integrated circuit. The logical state of various
flip-flops within the ASIC may be determined at a specified time. The
embodiment may store these flip-flop states in a computer-readable data
structure, such as a file or database. By repeating this process and
incrementing or decrementing the time with each repetition, a more
complete picture of the ASIC's operation may be captured. Additionally,
the embodiment may graphically display the flip-flop states, for example
as a graph or waveform.