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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2001
Peter Dahl, Cupertino, CA (US);
Byron Dickinson, San Jose, CA (US);
Margie Levine, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Paul Rodman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Reshape, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for implementing a user interface for performing physical design operations on an integrated circuit netlist. The method includes accessing an input file and parsing the input file to identify elements within the netlist matching corresponding elements within a first library file. At least one element within the netlist is identified that does not have a corresponding element within the first library file. A modifiable element corresponding to the at least one element is stored within a second library file. A subsequent occurrence of the at least one element is matched to the modifiable element in the second library file. The parsing of the input file of the integrated circuit netlist is completed and a build of the integrated circuit netlist is then completed based on the parsed input file and specifications stored in the first or second library files.