Methods and apparatuses for designing integrated circuits
AssigneeSynplicity, Inc.
InventorsKenneth S. McElvain, Robert Erickson
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for designing an integrated circuit. In one example of a method, a hardware description language (HDL) code is compiled to produce a technology independent RTL (register transfer level) netlist. A portion of an area of the IC is allocated to a specific portion of the technology independent RTL netlist. In a typical implementation of this method, the allocation restricts circuitry created from the specific portion to the portion of the IC.
Claims73
A method for designing an integrated circuit (IC), said method comprising:
- compiling a hardware description language (HDL) code to produce a technology independent RTL (register transfer level) netlist;
- allocating a portion of an area of said IC to a specific portion of said technology independent RTL netlist.
A digital processing system for use in designing an integrated circuit (IC), said digital processing system comprising:
- a display device;
- a memory;
- a processor coupled to said memory and to said display device, said processor allocating a specific portion of a technology independent RTL (register transfer level) netlist to a portion of said IC, said technology independent RTL netlist being stored in said memory.
A machine readable medium containing a plurality of executable instructions, which when executed on a digital processing system cause said digital processing system to perform a method for designing an integrated circuit (IC), said method comprising:
- compiling an hardware description language (HDL) code to produce a technology independent RTL (register transfer level) netlist;
- allocating a portion of an area of said IC to a specific portion of said technology independent RTL netlist.
A system for designing an integrated circuit (IC), said system comprising:
- means for compiling a hardware description language (HDL) code to produce a technology independent RTL (register transfer level) netlist;
- means for allocating a portion of an area of said IC to a specific portion of said technology independent RTL netlist.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.