Block based design methodology

A method for designing a circuit system, the method being executed by a one or more designer, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) selecting a plurality of pre-designed circuit blocks to be used to design the circuit system;
• (b) collecting data reflecting the experience of the designer regarding the pre-designed and yet to be designed circuit blocks, the designer's experience being adaptable to a processing method;
• (c) accepting or rejecting a design of the circuit system in a manner based on the designer's experience data and acceptable degree of risk;
• (d) upon acceptance, forming block specifications containing criteria and modified constraints for each of the circuit blocks;
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• (e) upon acceptance, creating block specifications and glue logic for clocks, power, and bus communication for deploying the circuit blocks on a floor plan of a chip, in compliance with the criteria and modified constraints meeting the design objectives without changing the selected circuit block and the processing method.