Parameterized cell caching in electronic design automation

A system for facilitating the creation of a design in an electronic design automation (EDA) application, comprising:

• a caching apparatus configured to:
• persist evaluation results associated with a parameterized cell in the design across sessions of the EDA application;
• and
• discard the persisted evaluation results based at least on a dependency associated with the parameterized cell;
• and
• an interposing apparatus configured to use the persisted evaluation results to instantiate the parameterized cell without re-evaluating the parameterized cell.

A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for facilitating the creation of a design in an electronic design automation (EDA) application, the method comprising:

• persisting evaluation results associated with a parameterized cell in the design across sessions of the EDA application;
• using the persisted evaluation results to instantiate the parameterized cell without re-evaluating the parameterized cell;
• and
• discarding the persisted evaluation results based at least on a dependency associated with the parameterized cell.

A system for facilitating the creation of a design in an electronic design automation (EDA) application, comprising:

• a caching apparatus configured to:
• persist evaluation results associated with a parameterized cell in the design within a session of the EDA application so that the evaluation results are available even after the evaluation results have been flushed from memory;
• and
• discard the persisted evaluation results based at least on a dependency associated with the parameterized cell;
• and
• an interposing apparatus configured to use the persisted evaluation results to instantiate the parameterized cell without re-evaluating the parameterized cell.