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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Kenneth S. Mcelvain, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth S. McElvain, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5045 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for designing logic are described. In one embodiment, a directive which specifies a numeric format for data in a data processing operation in a logic design is determined. The directive is used as a minimum format, rather than an exact or required format to create or change at least a portion of a representation of logic in the logic design to perform the data processing operation. Other methods are disclosed, and systems and machine readable media are also disclosed.