Controlling change propagation and project policies in IC design

Author

Mathys, Yves ; Morgan, Marc ; Soudagar, Salma

Author_Institution

Semicond. Syst. Design Technol., Motorola Inc., USA

fYear

1995

fDate

6-9 Mar 1995

Firstpage

274

Lastpage

279

Abstract

Today´s large IC designs involve highly partitioned, highly coupled and voluminous design data evolving over time. Tracking design state is becoming an essential component of design tracking systems. In this paper we present the project BluePrint, a design data flow management tool which is an extension to the DAMOCLES tracking system. The project BluePrint is event driven. It defines project data dependencies and controls change propagation. The BluePrint allows the separation of project specific information from tool activities facilitating tool integration. The project BluePrint follows the non-obstructive approach championed by the DAMOCLES tracking system

Keywords

circuit CAD; data flow analysis; discrete event simulation; integrated circuit design; project engineering; BluePrint; IC design; change propagation; data flow management tool; design data; design state; design tracking systems; event driven; project data dependencies; project policies; tool integration; Couplings; Electronic design automation and methodology; Engines; Integrated circuit layout; Logic circuits; Logic design; Process design; Project management; Runtime; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

European Design and Test Conference, 1995. ED&TC 1995, Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7039-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDTC.1995.470384

Filename

470384