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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2012
Eli Arbel, Nesher, IL;
Sergey Novimov, Tel Aviv, IL;
Karen Yorav, Haifa, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product for automatic parity check identification. The method comprising: automatically identifying a parity signal in a circuit design, wherein the parity signal is defined as a parity function of a set of support signals, wherein the automatic identification comprises: obtaining a candidate parity signal and a corresponding set of candidate support signals; and verifying that a bit flip in exactly one of any of the corresponding candidate set of support signals induces a bit flip on a value of the candidate parity signal; wherein said method further comprises reporting the automatically identified parity signal.