Integrated computer-aided circuit design kit facilitating verification of designs across different process technologies

A computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions for causing a data processing unit including a processor and a memory to execute the steps of:

• receiving a source design comprising information identifying a plurality of devices;
• receiving information identifying a target process technology;
• determining whether each of the plurality of devices in the source design has a corresponding device model belonging to the target process technology in a master database, the master database being created by parsing a plurality of external databases comprising a plurality of device models belonging to more than one process technology and storing the plurality of device models as a function of the more than one process technology;
• and
• verifying the operation of the source design in the target process technology using the corresponding device models belonging to the target process technology in the master database.

An apparatus for designing an integrated circuit comprising a data processing unit having a processor and a memory and being operative to:

• receive a source design comprising information identifying a plurality of devices;
• receive information identifying a target process technology;
• determine whether each of the plurality of devices in the source design has a corresponding device model belonging to the target process technology in a master database, the master database being created by parsing a plurality of external databases comprising a plurality of device models belonging to more than one process technology and storing the plurality of device models as a function of the more than one process technology;
• and
• verify the operation of the source design in the target process technology using the corresponding device models belonging to the target process technology in the master database.

An integrated circuit formed utilizing a method for designing an integrated circuit comprising the steps, performed by a data processing unit including a processor and a memory, of:

• receiving a source design comprising information identifying a plurality of devices;
• receiving information identifying a target process technology;
• determining whether each of the plurality of devices in the source design has a corresponding device model belonging to the target process technology in a master database, the master database being created by parsing a plurality of external databases comprising a plurality of device models belonging to more than one process technology and storing the plurality of device models as a function of the more than one process technology;
• and
• verifying the operation of the source design in the target process technology using the corresponding device models belonging to the target process technology in the master database.