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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vivek Chickermane, Slaterville Springs, NY (US);

Christos Papameletis, Binghamton, NY (US);

Krishna Vijaya Chakravadhanula, Vestal, NY (US);

Brian Edward Foutz, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Assignee:

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/0724 (2013.01); G06F 11/0715 (2013.01); G06F 11/0757 (2013.01); G06F 11/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems disclosed herein provide for efficient top-level compactors for systems on a chip (SoCs) with multiple identical cores. Embodiments of the systems provide for compactors with a time-skewed assignment configuration, compactors with a space-skewed assignment configuration, compactors with time/space-skewed assignment configuration, and compactors that can selectively switch between the time/space-skewed assignment configuration and a symmetric assignment configuration.


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