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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSubhrajit Bhattacharya, Anthony Correale, Nathaniel Hieter, Veena Pureswaran, Ruchir Puri
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An improved solution for designing a circuit is provided. A set of target paths, each of which has a performance attribute that is targeted for improvement, is obtained from a design for the circuit. An influence for one or more of the nodes in the set of target paths is obtained. One or more of the nodes are selected for improvement using the influence. Subsequently, the performance attribute for each selected node is improved. For example, an implementation of the node can be replaced with an implementation having an improved performance attribute. The relative improvement provided by an alternative implementation versus a relative detriment to another performance attribute can be obtained and used in selecting the node(s) for improvement. In one embodiment, the relative improvement and influence are used to obtain a sensitivity metric for each alternative implementation, which is used in selecting the node(s) for improvement. In this manner, the circuit can be improved in a more effective manner.
A method of designing a circuit, the method comprising:
A system for designing a circuit, the system comprising:
A program product stored on a computer-readable medium, which when executed, enables a computer infrastructure to design a circuit, the program product comprising computer program code for enabling the computer infrastructure to:
A method of generating a system for designing a circuit, the method comprising:
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