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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ali S. El-Zein, Austin, TX (US);
Robert J. Shadowen, Austin, TX (US);
Alvan W. Ng, Austin, TX (US);
Clay C. Smith, Austin, TX (US);
Wolfgang Roesner, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for managing connections within a netlist include using a clone module to the connections between different components within the netlist. A buffer may be inserted between components of a netlist to split a connection into multiple segments and then moved into an associated first instance. The inclusion of the buffer allows for one or more of pin cloning and subway utilization to occur when mapping between a functional hierarchy to a physical hierarchy is performed.