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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Yosinori Watanabe, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Luciano Lavagno, Berkeley, CA (US);
Alex Kondratyev, Campbell, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yosinori Watanabe, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Luciano Lavagno, Berkeley, CA (US);
Alex Kondratyev, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of producing multiple models of a hardware (integrated circuit) design including: translating a master model of a design of the integrated circuit to at least first and second models that are functionally equivalent to the master model and that are at different levels of abstraction from each, other and in which each of the first and second models includes integrated circuit timing information that is accurate for its level of abstraction.