Mentor Graphics Corporation

James M Paris

John G Ferguson

William Matthew Hogan

A collaborative environment for performing physical verification processes on integrated circuit designs. Multiple physical verification results may be stored in a 'unified' results database/directory (e.g., unified at least from a user's perspective), where results from various verification processes, such as Design-Rule-Check (DRC) processes, Layout-Versus-Schematic comparison (LVS) processes, Design-For-Manufacturing (DFM) processes Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) processes, and Optical Rule Check (ORC) processes are accessible from the same style of user interface, which may be a graphical user interface. The basic abilities for design team-based interactions can be equally available to each process involved in the physical verification of an integrated circuit design.

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Portland, OR, United States of America

James M Paris