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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jose Neves, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Adam Matheny, Hyde Park, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques for parallel power down processing of an integrated circuit (IC) design are described herein. An aspect includes receiving IC design information comprising a plurality of IC elements. Another aspect includes identifying a plurality of timing endpoints in the IC design information. Another aspect includes determining a plurality of nets, each net comprising a respective subset of the plurality of IC elements, based on the identified plurality of timing endpoints. Another aspect includes performing power down processing of net drivers in the plurality of nets, wherein the power down processing of at least a subset of the plurality of nets is performed in parallel.