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Method and software tool for designing an integrated circuit

US8074191B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education · US

Inventors

Marlin H. Mickle · Pittsburgh, US
Swapna Dontharaju · Pittsburgh, US
Raymond R. Hoare · Pittsburgh, US
James T. Cain · Pittsburgh, US
Alex Jones · Carlsbad, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 10, 2008
Grant date	Dec 6, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F30/34
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of designing an integrated circuit for use in an application having standards having a plurality of primitives, wherein each of the primitives has a corresponding response. The method includes generating a macros description of each of the primitives and the response corresponding to each of the primitives, generating a template relating to the response corresponding to each of the primitives, receiving information specifying a behavior of the integrated circuit in response to the primitives based on the template, and generating a hardware description language representation for the integrated circuit based on the macros description and the information.

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