Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor – Integrated circuit design processing – Logic design processing
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-17
2011-05-17
Whitmore, Stacy A (Department: 2825)
Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor
Integrated circuit design processing
Logic design processing
C716S100000, C716S103000, C717S106000, C717S136000, C717S137000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07945879
ABSTRACT:
A method and an apparatus take software source code to synthesize a hardware platform for running the software. The method determines which processor is suitable for running the code and meeting the performance parameters determined by the user. The method also determines which hardware devices are accessed by software. If the hardware target is a semiconductor chip, the invention selects the appropriate IP and creates an HDL description of the chip. If the hardware target is a printed circuit board, the invention creates a schematic or netlist that includes the appropriate microprocessor, the various semiconductor chips, and the necessary interconnections.
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Barr Michael
Hafeman Daniel R.
Zeidman Robert Marc
Salter Jim H.
Whitmore Stacy A
Zeidman Robert
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