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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Robert Swanson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jacob Avidan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Roger Carpenter, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Swanson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jacob Avidan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Roger Carpenter, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Magna Design Automation, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, each possible different instance of a repeated block can be concurrently optimized for timing. Each instance of a repeated block may be treated as a mode, such as a functional mode or testing mode, allowing implementation calculations to be performed simultaneously. Using multimode timing analysis, all instances of a repeated block can be analyzed and optimized simultaneously. Based on the multimode analysis, instances of a repeated block may be implemented identically or substantially similarly, which can reduce costs associated with implementing the same block more than once (e.g., impact to schedule, CPU/memory resources, ECOs).