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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2009
William Alan Binder, Morrisville, NC (US);
Harry I. Linzer, Raleigh, NC (US);
Llewellyn Bradley Marshall, Iv, Cary, NC (US);
William Appleton Rose, Wake Forest, NC (US);
William Alan Binder, Morrisville, NC (US);
Harry I. Linzer, Raleigh, NC (US);
Llewellyn Bradley Marshall, IV, Cary, NC (US);
William Appleton Rose, Wake Forest, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
System, method, and program product analyze netlists for related electrical circuit designs by comparing predefined physical characteristics between the netlists. A baseline reference score is generated for one of the netlists and a normalized score is generated for the other netlist. The baseline reference score and the normalized score are used to generate a similarity score that is displayed on a display monitor. Preferably, the similarity score is displayed as a percentage.