DESIGN AID METHOD AND DESIGN AID APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

Disclosed is a design aid apparatus for integrated circuits, which includes an input section for inputting design data, concerning a circuit to be designed, by means of diagrams or by means of language descriptions; a design section for designing a circuit in accordance with language input design data so as to prepare language design circuit data, and for preparing diagram design circuit data corresponding to the language design circuit data, or for designing a circuit in accordance with diagram input design data so as to prepare diagram design circuit data, and for preparing language design circuit data corresponding to the diagram design circuit data; and a holding section for storing and holding both the language design circuit data and the diagram design circuit data from the design section.