Layout tracking solutions

A graphical user interface (GUI) for tracking status of a plurality of layout cells, the GUI comprising:

• a first frame including a name list of a plurality of cells being tracked;
• a second frame including a plurality of fields to enter data for a selected cell from the name list;
• a third frame to include comments regarding the selected cell;
• and
• a fourth frame to include a message regarding the selected cell.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a machine readable medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a machine, will cause the machine to perform operations including:
• dividing a circuit layout design into a plurality of cells;
• permitting a user to select a cell from the plurality of cells;
• permitting the user to enter cell information for the selected cell;
• providing a first data structure and a second data structure, the first data structure including cellname information regarding the selected cell and the second data structure including cell information for the selected cell;
• and
• sequentially storing the entered cell information for the selected cell from the first and second data structures.

An apparatus comprising:

• a divider to divide a circuit layout design into a plurality of cells;
• a first facility to permit a user to select a cell from the plurality of cells;
• a second facility to permit the user to enter cell information for the selected cell;
• a third facility to provide a first data structure and a second data structure, the first data structure including cellname information regarding the selected cell and the second data structure including cell information for the selected cell;
• and
• a storage unit to sequentially store the entered cell information for the selected cell from the first and second data structures.

An apparatus comprising:

• dividing means to divide a circuit layout design into a plurality of cells;
• first permission means to permit a user to select a cell from the plurality of cells;
• second permission means to permit the user to enter cell information for the selected cell;
• a first data structure and a second data structure, the first data structure including cellname information regarding the selected cell and the second data structure including cell information for the selected cell;
• and
• storage means to sequentially store the entered cell information for the selected cell from the first and second data structures.