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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Jesse E. Craig, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jason M. Norman, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Jesse E. Craig, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jason M. Norman, Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems initiate a simulation of an integrated circuit design. The simulation produces data that will exist in latches of the integrated circuit design when a device manufactured according to the integrated circuit design is operating. The methods and systems evaluate same-state latches associated with different portions of the simulation. If two of the same-state latches have the same state, given the same inputs and environmental conditions, the method and systems terminate a first portion of the simulation associated with a first of the same-state latches, but allow a second portion of the simulation associated with a second of the same-state latches to proceed.