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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Doris Tzu Lang Chen, Toronto, CA;
Deshanand Singh, Mississauga, CA;
Doris Tzu Lang Chen, Toronto, CA;
Deshanand Singh, Mississauga, CA;
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for designing a system on a target device is disclosed. Extraction is performed on a first version of the system during synthesis in a first compilation resulting in a first netlist. Optimizations are performed on the first version of the system during synthesis in the first compilation resulting in a second netlist. Placement and routing are performed on the first version of the system in the first compilation. Extraction is performed on a second version of the system having a changed portion during synthesis in a second compilation resulting in a third netlist. The first version of the system in the first netlist and the second version of the system in the third netlist are differentiated to identify identical regions, wherein at least one of the performing and differentiating is performed by a processor.