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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Uwe Brandt, Boeblingen, DE;
Thomas M. Makowski, Pfullingen, DE;
Christoph Wandel, Weil im Schoebuch, DE;
Holger Wetter, Weil im Schoebuch, DE;
Uwe Brandt, Boeblingen, DE;
Thomas M. Makowski, Pfullingen, DE;
Christoph Wandel, Weil im Schoebuch, DE;
Holger Wetter, Weil im Schoebuch, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Mechanisms are provided for generating a physical layout of an integrated circuit design. A logic description of the integrated circuit design is received that comprises a first logic description of an irregular logic block of the integrated circuit design and a second logic description of a regular logic block of the integrated circuit design. A manual design of the regular logic block of the integrated circuit design is performed based on user input and an automated design of the irregular logic block of the integrated circuit design is performed without user input. The manual design of the regular logic block and the automated design of the irregular logic block are then integrated into the integrated circuit design to generate a hybrid integrated circuit design.