Method for designing integrated circuits employing a partitioned hierarchical design flow and an apparatus employing the method
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1. A method of designing an integrated circuit, comprising:
- receiving timing constraints for an integrated circuit design at an apparatus;
establishing a hierarchical design flow employing said timing constraints for providing an implementation of said integrated circuit design;
partitioning said hierarchical design flow into a late design flow portion and an early design flow portion employing said apparatus, wherein said late design flow portion is substantially the same for different design flow methodologies.
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Methods of designing an IC and a hierarchical design flow generator are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) receiving timing and physical constraints for an IC design at an apparatus, (2) establishing a hierarchical design flow for providing an implementation of the IC design employing the apparatus and (3) partitioning the hierarchical design flow into a late design flow portion and an early design flow portion employing the apparatus, wherein the late design flow portion is substantially the same for different design flow methodologies.
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1. A method of designing an integrated circuit, comprising:
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receiving timing constraints for an integrated circuit design at an apparatus; establishing a hierarchical design flow employing said timing constraints for providing an implementation of said integrated circuit design; partitioning said hierarchical design flow into a late design flow portion and an early design flow portion employing said apparatus, wherein said late design flow portion is substantially the same for different design flow methodologies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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