14. The verification platform according to claim 12 , further comprising: a library containing a plurality of functional models of ASIC circuit blocks; and means for selecting said functional models using a definition file of the integrated circuit configuration to create a model corresponding to the functional specification of said ASIC.
12. A verification platform for on demand verification of a software model of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), comprising: an integrated circuit emulator comprising a memory for storing a functional specification of said ASIC, and error notification means; and at least one environment emulator, each said environment emulator comprising a stimuli generating circuit coupled to a bus, a monitor circuit coupled to a bus, and an adaptive circuit coupled to said stimuli generating circuit and to said monitor circuit, the adaptive circuit being configured to transform stimuli received from the stimuli generation circuit and the monitor circuit into low level programming instructions, and the adaptive circuit being coupled to the error notification means; and an adapter circuit coupled to said adaptive circuit and to said integrated circuit emulator, the adapter circuit being configured to transform low level programming instructions into high level instructions, wherein the adaptive circuit and the adapter circuit are configured to perform mutually inverse conversion functions.