Circuit Semantics Gets Patent on Its Core Technology for Estimating Performance of Integrated Circuit Designs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2003 Circuit Semantics Inc. (CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show) CSI Christian Schools International ), the next generation provider of timing and characterization solutions for high-performance integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for (IC) design, today announced that patent number US 6,499,129 has been issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property . This patent applies to the core technology that drives all Circuit Semantics characterization and modeling solutions. These solutions are used for automatically determining the cell functionality and analyzing performance and power characteristics of IC designs. This patent is key to Circuit Semantics' unique, algorithmic approach for circuit partitioning, function recognition, and comprehensive vector generation. This new approach to circuit characterization and modeling provides the capability to characterize and model complex nanometer designs in an automated fashion, unlike previous generation solutions based on scripts and templates. This algorithmic approach also enables the more accurate modeling required for the analysis of nanometer designs below 0.13-micron. Circuit Semantics solutions include: DynaCell(R), a standard and custom cell characterization tool whose capabilities include timing and function identification, power and robust I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output characterization in a single package; DynaCore(TM), whose basic configuration provides in-place characterization of all "cells" in a block, plus a static analyzer for comprehensive path tracing analysis of blocks and chips; and DynaModel(TM), which provides an efficient translation from transistor-level design to Verilog functional models. About Circuit Semantics Inc. Circuit Semantics Inc. provides timing and characterization solutions for high-performance cells, cores, and blocks based on innovative, patented technology. IC designers employ these mixed-level solutions to create high-performance chips using full-custom and structured-custom methodologies. Its products support precise, gate-level abstraction of transistor-level circuits to accelerate timing closure for designs fabricated in deep submicron (DSM 1. DSM - Data Structure Manager. An object-oriented language by J.E. Rumbaugh and M.E. Loomis of GE, similar to C++. It is used in implementation of CAD/CAE software. DSM is written in DSM and C and produces C as output. ) process technologies. These solutions are especially well suited for the microprocessor, digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). (DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive ), graphics and the high-speed communications markets. Circuit Semantics is headquartered at 2590 North First Street, Suite 301, San Jose, Calif. 95131. Telephone: 408/571-4800. FAX number: 408/468-1468. For more online information, visit its website at: http://www.circuitsemantics.com. DynaCell is a registered trademark of Circuit Semantics. DynaCore and DynaModel are trademarks of Circuit Semantics Inc. |
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