Method and apparatus for controlling a computing process
US11353797B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 24, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/20
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of controlling a computer process for designing or verifying a photolithographic component includes building a source tree including nodes of the process, including dependency relationships among the nodes, defining, for some nodes, at least two different process conditions, expanding the source tree to form an expanded tree, including generating a separate node for each different defined process condition, and duplicating dependent nodes having an input relationship to each generated separate node, determining respective computing hardware requirements for processing the node, selecting computer hardware constraints based on capabilities of the host computing system, determining, based on the requirements and constraints and on dependency relations in the expanded tree, an execution sequence for the computer process, and performing the computer process on the computing system.
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