Non-invasive insertion of logic functions into a register-transfer level (‘RTL’) design

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9495496
APP PUB NO 20160180000A1
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14574519

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A method of non-invasive insertion of logic functions into a register-transfer level (RTL) design, including: selecting a logic function to insert into a RTL design; identifying each hierarchical level executing at least a portion of the logic function; identifying a highest hierarchical level amongst hierarchical levels having each hierarchical level executing at least a portion of the logic function; and inserting all connections necessary to execute the logic function into a hardware description representation of the highest hierarchical level, without modifying a hardware description representation of any other hierarchical levels.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Barnfield, Stephen J New York, US 2 6
El-Zein, Ali S Austin, US 14 31

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