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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1996
Tsutomu Takei, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A design support device 1 has a module division and merger section 8 for receiving a result from a HDL analysis section 6 to analyze a HDL description of a RTL and for dividing and merging the modules based on instructions from outside or automatically, a module allocation section 10 for allocating the modules by using the result from the module division and merger section 8 and the analyzed result by the HDL analysis section 6, a budgeting section 11 for budgeting an area, a shape, a timing, and a power consumption to each of the modules allocated by the module allocation means 10, and an estimation section for estimating module information for the result from the module division and merger section 8 and the result from the module allocation section 10.