16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the computer-usable medium comprises: computer usable program code that executes the simulation engine in cooperation with the high level modeling system to implement a simulation of the circuit design specified by the simulation model; computer usable program code that allocates the block of memory for use by the simulation engine; and computer usable program code that stores state information for the simulation within the block of memory.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the computer-usable medium comprises: computer usable program code that executes the simulation engine in cooperation with the high level modeling system to implement a simulation of the circuit design specified by the simulation model; computer usable program code that allocates the block of memory for use by the simulation engine; and computer usable program code that stores state information for the simulation within the block of memory. 17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the computer-usable medium further comprises computer-usable program code that writes contents of the block of memory to a file stored in persistent memory, wherein the file is reloaded at a later time to recall the state of the simulation.