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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2012
BO Fan, Beijing, CN;
Liang Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Yongfeng Pan, Shanghai, CN;
Fan Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of computing validation coverage of an integrated circuit model, comprising: obtaining a logical structure of a integrated circuit model under validation; searching and recording signal paths in the integrated circuit model under validation based on the logical structure; and computing coverage of validation with respect to the signal paths. According to the technical solution as provided in the embodiments of the present invention, a signal path-based validation coverage may be obtained, thereby providing data regarding validation completeness more accurately.