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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2000
Yoshitaka Takahashi, Hitachi, JP;
Kotaro Shimamura, Hitachinaka, JP;
Takashi Hotta, Hitachi, JP;
Teppei Hirotsu, Hitachi, JP;
Katsuichi Tomobe, Ome, JP;
Renesas Technology Corp, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an information processing apparatus, a user having no knowledge of a designer of an LSI modifies a floorplan of the LSI without deteriorating the performance of the LSI. The designer who designs the LSI uses a circuit designing apparatus to store circuit information including a functions of each of blocks constituting the LSI, a floorplan regarding allocation of the blocks, and evaluation indices which are the know-how of the designer, with being associated with each other. The user uses a floorplan modifying apparatus to modify the floorplan and to evaluate the modified floorplan according to the evaluation indices.