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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Kenneth S. Mcelvain, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert Erickson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth S. McElvain, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert Erickson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques for designing integrated circuits (ICs) with optimization at register transfer level (RTL) amongst multiple ICs are described herein. According to one embodiment of the invention, a hierarchical resource estimation is performed based on a technology independent register transfer level (RTL) netlist, which is to be partitioned between multiple ICs. Based on the estimation, the RTL netlist is partitioned between the multiple ICs. In response to the partition and the estimation, immediate feedback information is provided to a user.