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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Charles Jay Alpert, Austin, TX (US);
Glenn R. Bee, Elgin, TX (US);
Zhuo Li, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Tuhin Mahmud, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen T. Quay, Austin, TX (US);
Lakshmi N. Reddy, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Chin Ngai Sze, Austin, TX (US);
Yaoguang Wei, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, process, etc. according to some embodiments, which includes operations that include selecting one of a plurality of solutions ('selected solution') for optimization of an integrated circuit design during physical synthesis. The operations can further include performing on the selected solution a fast evaluation of a specific metric without updating design documents (e.g., without updating a netlist or metric map). If the evaluation of the specific metric is non-satisfactory, then the candidate solution is rejected. If the evaluation of the specific metric is satisfactory, then a design document is updated and a full evaluation of the specific metric (and other metrics) can be performed.