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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth E Merryman, Fridley, MN (US);
Kevin C Cleereman, Moundsview, MN (US);
Assignee:
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39550003 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for monitoring the performance of a circuit optimization tool. The present invention contemplates inserting a number of performance monitoring commands into selected ones of a number of optimization scripts, wherein selected ones of the performance monitoring commands provide a number of performance related results when executed. Thereafter, the number of optimization scripts may be executed to optimize the circuit design. The number of results provided by the performance monitoring commands may then be assembled and analyzed by the circuit designer to identify any performance related problems.