Model curation

• US 20060136521A1
• Filed: 12/22/2004
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Lacey, David John, Zelle, Nathan Dirk
• Granted Patent: US 7,739,654 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/30 Circuit design

Abstract

Exemplary techniques for model curation are described. In a described embodiment, a method comprises generating a manifest of a plurality of files corresponding to a design model; utilizing a revision control system to determine whether the generated manifest has changed relative to a previous version of the manifest; and if the generated manifest has changed, obtaining copies of the plurality of files to validate stability of the design model and curating the design model.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating a manifest of a plurality of files corresponding to a design model;

utilizing a revision control system to determine whether the generated manifest has changed relative to a previous version of the manifest; and

if the generated manifest has changed, obtaining copies of the plurality of files to validate stability of the design model and curating the design model.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed periodically to detect incompatibilities present in a subsequent generation of a design.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the curating of the design model comprises:

checking one or more regression results generated by the act of validating stability of the design model;

determining whether the design model is stable; and

if it is determined that the design model is stable, adding the generated manifest to the revision control system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the curating of the design model comprises:

checking one or more regression results generated by the act of validating stability of the design model;

determining whether the design model is stable; and

if it is determined that the design model is stable, adding the generated manifest to the revision control system and determining whether the design model is to be released.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the curating of the design model comprises:

checking one or more regression results generated by the act of validating stability of the design model;

determining whether the design model is stable;

if it is determined that the design model is stable, adding the generated manifest to the revision control system and determining whether the design model is to be released; and

if it is determined that the design model is to be released, releasing the design model.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the generated manifest is stored in a data file.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising initializing a curation, wherein the curation initialization comprises generating a new working directory to store the obtained copies of the plurality of files.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the design model corresponds to an integrated circuit.

9. A system comprising:

a manifest generation module to generate a manifest of a plurality of files corresponding to a design model;

a revision control system to file management module to determine whether the generated manifest has changed relative to a previous version of the manifest;

a file management module to obtain copies of the plurality of files to validate stability of the design model; and

a curation module to curate the design model.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a stability validation module to validate stability of the design model.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising a scheduler module to perform one or more acts selected from a group comprising running one or more of the other system modules, initializing the system, checking for completion of one or more tasks, checking for failure of one or more tasks, and performing one or more post-processing tasks.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising a scheduler module to periodically run one or more of the other system modules to detect incompatibilities present in a subsequent generation of a design.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the system has access to a data source to provide design modeling information to the system.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the curation module is configured to perform one or more acts comprising:

checking one or more regression results generated by a stability validation module;

determining whether the design model is stable; and

if it is determined that the design model is stable, adding the generated manifest to the revision control system.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the curation module is configured to perform one or more acts comprising:

checking one or more regression results generated by a stability validation module;

determining whether the design model is stable; and

if it is determined that the design model is stable, adding the generated manifest to the revision control system and determining whether the design model is to be released.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the curation module is configured to perform one or more acts comprising:

checking one or more regression results generated by a stability validation module;

determining whether the design model is stable; and

if it is determined that the design model is stable, adding the generated manifest to the revision control system and determining whether the design model is to be released; and

if it is determined that the design model is to be released, releasing the design model.

17. The system of claim 9, wherein the generated manifest is stored in a data file.

18. The system of claim 9, wherein the design model corresponds to an integrated circuit.

19. One or more computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, direct a machine to perform acts comprising:

generating a manifest of a plurality of files corresponding to a design model;

utilizing a revision control system to determine whether the generated manifest has changed relative to a previous version of the manifest; and

if the generated manifest has changed, obtaining copies of the plurality of files to validate stability of the design model and curating the design model.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the acts are performed periodically to detect incompatibilities present in a subsequent generation of a design.

21. An apparatus comprising:

means for generating a manifest of a plurality of files corresponding to a design model; and

means for utilizing a revision control system to determine whether the generated manifest has changed relative to a previous version of the manifest; and

means for validating stability of the design model and curating the design model.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising means for initializing a curation.