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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2011
Eli Arbel, Nesher, IL;
Cynthia Rae Eisner, Zichron Yaacov, IL;
Oleg Rokhlenko, Haifa, IL;
Karen Frida Yorav, Haifa, IL;
Eli Arbel, Nesher, IL;
Cynthia Rae Eisner, Zichron Yaacov, IL;
Oleg Rokhlenko, Haifa, IL;
Karen Frida Yorav, Haifa, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product for modifying a circuit design. The method comprising: obtaining a design of a circuit, the design comprising at least a first memory element and a second memory element. The method further comprising selecting the second memory element to be a dominant memory element over the first memory element. The method further comprising modifying the design of the circuit by replacing usage of an output signal of the first memory element with usage of an output signal of the dominant memory element in one or more cycles in which values of the output signals of the first memory element and the dominant memory element are equal. Whereby a reduction in observabiltiy of the first memory element in the design is achieved.