METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOGIC SYNTHESIS (INFERRING COMPLEX COMPONENTS)

Patent №

US 6,493,648

Granted

2002-12-10

Filed 1999

Owner

SAPPHIRE DESIGN AUTOMATION INC.

+1 more

Lab

AI components

2

nlp · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

09375254

An embodiment of the present invention is a method for logic synthesis that reduces use of computer memory and reduces computer runtime. In particular, an embodiment of the present invention is a method for logic synthesis which includes the steps of: (a) analyzing an HDL model to develop a parse tree; (b) elaborating the parse tree to create a word-oriented netlist; and (c) inferring complex components from the word-oriented netlist.

AI classification

Natural language1.00
AI hardware0.58
Planning0.43
Knowledge representation0.19
Vision0.03
Speech0.00
Machine learning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00

Ownership

SAPPHIRE DESIGN AUTOMATION INC.

assignment · 101820586

ANSYS, INC.

merger · 536740176

Assignors

ANDERSON, GLEN R.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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