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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1996
Nathaniel Douglas Hieter, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Charles Kenneth Hines, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Todd Edwin Leonard, Williston, VT (US);
Peter James Osler, Jericho, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for performing timing correction on a hierarchical integrated circuit design comprising the steps of forming a hierarchical integrated circuit design, applying a hierarchical timing tool to the entire circuit hierarchy, applying a timing correction algorithm to improve timing of the design as measured by the hierarchical timing tool; and applying a parallel timing management tool to multiple applications of the hierarchical timing tool and the timing correction algorithm. Also described is an information handling system including means for implementing the parallel hierarchical timing correction method of the present invention.