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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2006
Jeffrey Orion Pritchard, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Tim Allen, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Aaron Ferrucci, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Chris Adler, Watsonville, CA (US);
Jeffrey Orion Pritchard, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Tim Allen, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Aaron Ferrucci, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Chris Adler, Watsonville, CA (US);
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for efficiently implementing a programmable chip using hardware description source files passed through multiple tools. A hardware description language source file is provided with mechanisms to allow tool-specific code to be handled by both a synthesis tool and by a simulation tool. Instructions are provided to direct a synthesis tool to read as code comments that a simulation tool is configured to disregard.