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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Masanobu Mizuno, Osaka, JP;
Sadashige Sugiura, Shiga, JP;
Kasumi Hamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Katsuya Fujimura, Kyoto, JP;
Toshiyuki Yokoyama, Kyoto, JP;
Masanobu Mizuno, Osaka, JP;
Sadashige Sugiura, Shiga, JP;
Kasumi Hamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Katsuya Fujimura, Kyoto, JP;
Toshiyuki Yokoyama, Kyoto, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A database for design of an integrated circuit device having data stored therein in a flexibly utilizable state, and a method for designing an integrated circuit device using such a database. A virtual core database (VCDB) for storing design data and a VCDB management system (VCDBMS) as a control system are provided. The VCDB includes virtual core (VC) clusters, test vector clusters, and purpose-specific function testing models. The VCDB also includes a system testing database having shared test clusters and peripheral model clusters. The VCDBMS includes a function testing assist section for generating test scenarios, the purpose-specific function testing models, system testing models, and the like, a VC interface synthesis section, and the like.