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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2009
Jawahar Jain, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Subramanian K. Iyer, Austin, TX (US);
Mukul R. Prasad, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas W. Sidle, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jawahar Jain, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Subramanian K. Iyer, Austin, TX (US);
Mukul R. Prasad, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas W. Sidle, Cupertino, CA (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes simulating by one or more computer systems a larger circuit to assign one or more values to one or more latch variables associated with the larger circuit, generating by the one or more computer systems one or more reduced circuits from the larger circuit according to the values assigned to the latch variables, generating by the one or more computer systems a transition relation (TR) for each reduced circuit, and generating by the one or more computer systems an initial state set for one or more instances of validation on the reduced circuits according to the TRs.