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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2003
Manish Pandey, San Jose, CA (US);
Yung-te Lai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bret Siarkowski, Marlborough, MA (US);
Kei-yong Khoo, Berkeley, CA (US);
Chih-chang Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Manish Pandey, San Jose, CA (US);
Yung-Te Lai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bret Siarkowski, Marlborough, MA (US);
Kei-Yong Khoo, Berkeley, CA (US);
Chih-Chang Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for performing logic equivalence checking (EC) of circuits using adaptive learning based on a persistent cache containing information on sub-problems solved from previous equivalency checking runs. These sub-problems can include basic EC tasks such as logic cone comparison and/or state element mapping.