Method and apparatus for parallel processing of semiconductor chip designs

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8020134
APP PUB NO 20090217227A1
SERIAL NO

12035950

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In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for parallel processing of semiconductor chip designs. One embodiment of a method for processing a semiconductor chip design includes flattening a netlist corresponding to the semiconductor chip design, performing logic clustering on one or more logic elements incorporated in the flattened netlist to generate one or more clusters, partitioning the semiconductor chip design in accordance with the one or more clusters, and designing the individual partitions in parallel.

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MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION8005 SW BOECKMAN ROAD WILSONVILLE OR 97070-7777

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DeGroff, Drumm Anthony Rochester, US 1 1
Dotson, Michael W Binghamton, US 3 48
Ma, Dazhuang J White Plains, US 1 3
Puri, Ruchir Baldwin Place, US 82 1171
Trevillyan, Louise H Katonah, US 19 275

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