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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
George Antony, Kerala, IN;
Christopher J. Berry, Hudson, NY (US);
Ricardo H. Nigaglioni, Austin, TX (US);
Sridhar H. Rangarajan, Karnataka, IN;
Sourav Saha, Kolkata, IN;
Vinay K. Singh, Gorakhpur, IN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system to identify a region of a design block of an integrated circuit for redesign are described. The method includes dividing the design block into grids, each of the grids including a corresponding number of logic elements. The method also includes filtering each of the grids based on a specified criteria, the filtering including determining a number (B) of the corresponding logic elements among a total number (A) of the logic elements in each grid that meet the specified criteria. The region is a set of two or more of the grids based on a result of the filtering.