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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2009
Stephen M. Plaza, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Prashant Saxena, Portland, OR (US);
Pei-hsin Ho, Portland, OR (US);
Thomas R. Shiple, Lexington, MA (US);
Stephen M. Plaza, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Prashant Saxena, Portland, OR (US);
Pei-Hsin Ho, Portland, OR (US);
Thomas R. Shiple, Lexington, MA (US);
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A multi-mode redundancy removal method is provided. In this method, after accessing the design, a full-scale redundancy removal using fault simulation can be started. When a predetermined period for performing the full-scale redundancy removal has reached a first cut-off, then the method can determine a location for temporary outputs of the design, create the temporary outputs, and perform a localized redundancy removal up to the temporary outputs. An optimized design based on the full-scale redundancy removal and the localized redundancy removal can be output.