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AssigneeCadence Design Systems, Inc.
InventorsAlok Jain, Erich Marschner, Swapnajit Chakraborti
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A mechanism is disclosed for recognizing and functionally abstracting a column of memory cells. According to one embodiment, a column of n (where n is an integer greater than 1) memory cells is identified in a description of a circuit. One of the n memory cells is selected as a representative memory cell. Then, the column of n memory cells is represented as a single-memory-cell column comprising the representative memory cell. The column is thereafter functionally abstracted to derive a logic-level representation of the memory cell. After that is done, n−1 additional instances of the logic-level representation are generated. In this manner, the column of n memory cells is functionally abstracted as a column of n logic-level representations of the representative memory cell.
A computer implemented method for functionally abstracting a memory column, comprising:
An apparatus for functionally abstracting a memory column, comprising:
A computer readable medium, comprising:
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