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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2008
Paul R. Schumacher, Berthoud, CO (US);
Ian D. Miller, Charlotte, NC (US);
David B. Parlour, Fox Chapel, PA (US);
Jorn W. Janneck, San Jose, CA (US);
Pradip Kumar Jha, Cupertino, CA (US);
Paul R. Schumacher, Berthoud, CO (US);
Ian D. Miller, Charlotte, NC (US);
David B. Parlour, Fox Chapel, PA (US);
Jorn W. Janneck, San Jose, CA (US);
Pradip Kumar Jha, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of estimating resource requirements for a circuit design is disclosed. The method comprises identifying intermediate circuit modules of a netlist associated with the circuit design; accessing a library of resource requirements for intermediate circuit modules of netlists for circuit designs; selecting intermediate circuit modules of the library according to predetermined parameters for the circuit design; and generating an estimate of resource requirements for the circuit design based upon resource requirements of the selected intermediate circuit modules.