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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2003
Applicants:
Vaughn Betz, Toronto, CA;
Jonathan Rose, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Vaughn Betz, Toronto, CA;
Jonathan Rose, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Altera Toronto Co., Halifax, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An 'architecture generation engine' is operative with a CAD system to implement circuits into PLD (programmable logic device) architectures and to evaluate performances of different architectures. The architecture generation engine converts a high level, easily specified description of a PLD architecture into a highly detailed, complete PLD architecture database that can be used by a CAD toolset to map a circuit netlist into a PLD. The architecture generation engine also enables performance evaluation of a wide variety of PLD architectures for given benchmark circuits.