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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2012
Charles Jay Alpert, Austin, TX (US);
Robert M. Averill, Iii, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Zhuo LI, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jose L. P. Neves, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Stephen T. Quay, Austin, TX (US);
Charles Jay Alpert, Austin, TX (US);
Robert M. Averill, III, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Zhuo Li, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jose L. P. Neves, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Stephen T. Quay, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Some example embodiments include a computer-implemented method for designing an integrated circuit. The computer-implemented method includes receiving a hierarchical network design for the integrated circuit, wherein the hierarchical design comprises a number of components that are coupled together. The computer-implemented method includes detecting that a component of the number of components has at least one of failed timing and incomplete timing based on a problem that comprises at least one of a missing assertion, one or more missing latches, a source driver having an input source slew that is greater than a source slew limit threshold, and a sink having an input sink slew that is greater than a sink slew limit threshold. The computer-implemented method includes replacing the component with a different component that is independent of the problem and testing others components of the number of components based on the different component.