Method and apparatus for unified out-of-context flow and automation for IP reuse and hierarchical design flows
US8839166B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2115/08
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for using an out-of-context sub-block in a hierarchical design flow for an integrated circuit are disclosed. For example, the method identifies one or more sub-blocks in the hierarchical design flow that are eligible for creating the out-of-context sub-block, receives a selection of one of the one or more sub-blocks that are eligible and creates the out-of-context sub-block for the one of the one or more sub-blocks that is selected.
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