Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Kuang-Chien Chen

Chih-Chang Lin

Cheng-Ta Hsieh

Yifeng Wang

Bow-Yaw Wang

A method for modeling a circuit design includes synthesizing the circuit design to create a first gate-level representation of the circuit design. The method also includes analyzing a second gate-level representation of the circuit design to learn architecture information, and resynthesizing the first gate-level representation of the circuit design to incorporate the learned architecture information from the second gate-level representation of the circuit design. A computer-readable storage medium has stored thereon computer instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to synthesize a circuit design to create a first gate-level representation of the circuit design. The computer instructions also cause the computer to analyze a second gate-level representation of the circuit design to learn architecture information, and resynthesize the first gate-level representation of the circuit design to incorporate the learned architecture information from the second gate-level representation of the circuit design.

Similarity-driven synthesis for equivalence checking of complex designs

Integrated proof flow methods and apparatuses are discussed. Integrated proof flow refers to attempting both formal verification and nonformal verification. A coverage metric can be changed by both attempting formal verification and by attempting nonformal verification. Some embodiments of the present invention provide proof flow methods that integrate verification and nonformal verification (e.g., bounded verification, multi-point proof, and/or vector-based simulation) to prove one or more properties in a circuit design.

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Kuang-Chien Chen