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Method and system for floorplanning a circuit design at a high level of abstraction

US6170080A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 1997
Grant dateJan 2, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2119/12
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a system implement a circuit design in an integrated chip. A floorplan of the circuit design is arranged at a high level of abstraction. The design is synthesized based on the floorplan, and the synthesized design is laid out physically on the integrated circuit.

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