Structure analytic program

A structure analytic apparatus for analyzing a structure of a circuit of circuit design data relating to the circuit configured by a plurality of elements of a circuit described in a hardware description language, comprising:

• an acquisition unit for obtaining the circuit design data;
• a database structure unit for structuring a structure analyzing database based on the circuit design data;
• a database replicate unit for replicating the structure analyzing database;
• an element deletion unit for deleting a predetermined element in the elements configuring the circuit indicated by the replicate database from the replicate database that is the replicated structure analyzing database;
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• a structure analysis unit for performing the structure analysis on the replicate database from which the element is deleted in the element deleting process.

A computer readable storage medium for storing a structure analytic program used to direct a computer to perform process of analyzing a structure of a circuit of circuit design data relating to the circuit configured by a plurality of elements of a circuit described in a hardware description language, comprising:

• an acquiring process of obtaining the circuit design data including a portion not yet designed;
• a dummy module generating process of generating the portion not yet designed as a dummy module;
• a first database structuring process of structuring a structure analyzing database based on the circuit design data in the dummy module generating process;
• an element replacing process replacing the dummy module with a normal module whose design is complete;
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• a second database structuring process of structuring a structure analyzing database based on the replacing module;
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• a structure analyzing process of performing the structure analysis on the analyzing DB.