Methods for producing equivalent field-programmable gate arrays and structured application specific integrated circuits
US7275232B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2115/06
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Compiler flows are provided that can produce functionally equivalent field programmable gate arrays (“FPGAs”) and structured application-specific integrated circuits (“structured ASICs”). The flows may include feeding back design transformations that are performed during either flow so that a later performance of the other flow will necessarily include the same transformations, thereby helping to ensure functional equivalence. The flows may include a comparison of intermediate results in order to prove that functional equivalence is being achieved.
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