Circuit design method, apparatus, and program
US7076744B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A circuit design method able to design a processing circuit to be small in scale when designing a processing circuit for performing a plurality of different processings on predetermined data, comprising a first step of identifying second processings performing the same processing on the same data among pluralities of second processings forming each of a plurality of first processings when designing a processing circuit for applying a plurality of different first processings on predetermined data and a second step of designing a processing circuit having a processing circuit shared by the plurality of first processings and for performing the second processings identified at the first step.
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