Waiver mechanism for physical verification of system designs

A non-transitory storage medium for use in a computer to waive verification failures, the non-transitory storage medium recording a computer program that is readable and executable by the computer, the computer program comprising the steps of:

• (A) generating a plurality of circuit error files by performing a plurality of physical verifications on a plurality of circuit designs, each of said circuit error files containing a plurality of circuit errors of a respective one of said circuit designs;
• (B) generating a system error file by performing an additional physical verification on a system design separate from said physical verifications of said circuit designs, said system error file containing a plurality of system errors of said system design, said system design incorporating said circuit designs;
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• (C) generating a valid error file by removing said circuit errors from said system error file, said valid error file containing a plurality of valid errors comprising a subset of said system errors.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for storing;
• and
• means for programming a computer to waive verification failures disposed in said means for storing, said means for programming comprising the steps of:
• (A) generating a plurality of circuit error files by performing a plurality of physical verifications on a plurality of circuit designs, each of said circuit error files containing a plurality of circuit errors of a respective one of said circuit designs;
• (B) generating a system error file by performing an additional physical verification on a system design separate from said physical verifications of said circuit designs, said system error file containing a plurality of system errors of said system design, said system design incorporating said circuit designs;
• and
• (C) generating a valid error file by removing said circuit errors from said system error file, said valid error file containing a plurality of valid errors comprising a subset of said system errors.