Design method for semiconductor integrated circuit device
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuyoshi Takemura
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Abstract
A design method for a semiconductor integrated circuit device enabling flexible selection of IPs while securing the functions of a system is provided. The design method of the present invention includes the steps of: (a) storing a plurality of IPs having the same function in a memory for each of a plurality of functions; (b) constructing a function group structure for satisfying a certain specification; and (c) selecting and retrieving one IP from the plurality of IPs having the same function from the memory for each function in the function group structure and substituting the IP for the function in the function group structure.
Claims7
A design method for a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising the steps of:
- (a) storing a plurality of IPs each having a function in a memory;
- (b) constructing a function group structure for satisfying a certain specification;
- (c) selecting and retrieving an IP from a plurality of IPs having the same function stored in the memory for each function in the function group structure and substituting the IP for the function in the function group structure;
- (d) expanding the IP hierarchically into detailed functional blocks;
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- (e) mapping each of the detailed functional blocks obtained by the hierarchical expansion to a HW model and a SW model of architecture models in a database.
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