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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Juergen K. Lahner, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Juergen Dirks, Holzkirchen, DE;
Balamurugan Balasubramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Juergen K. Lahner, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Juergen Dirks, Holzkirchen, DE;
Balamurugan Balasubramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for developing a circuit design is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) editing a file for a circuit design based on a plurality of edits received from a designer, the file containing a code written in a hardware description language, (B) characterizing the code in the file while the designer is editing the code to generate a plurality of characterization results and (C) generating a plurality of suggestions to the designer to modify the code based on a comparison of a plurality of goals for the circuit design and the characterization results.