Patent ID: 6634010
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An ASIC design support system comprising:a web server; a homepage stored in said web server and transmitted to a customer through the Internet, said homepage containing a form through which said customer can transmit to said web server the specification of an ASIC which said customer wants to purchase; a file generation mechanism associated with said web server for receiving the specification of said ASIC and generating a batch file and a configuration file which are required for designing said ASIC and performing simulation thereof; a mechanism for transferring said batch file and said configuration file required for designing said ASIC and performing simulation thereof; an update judgment mechanism for judging whether or not a library and/or a simulator required for designing said ASIC and performing simulation thereof was updated after said customer obtained a batch file and a configuration file at the last time with reference to update information of the library and the simulator and historic information of preparing batch files and configuration files; and a mechanism for transferring the latest versions of said library and/or said simulator required for designing said ASIC and performing simulation thereof when said update judgment mechanism judges that said library and/or said simulator required for designing said ASIC and performing simulation thereof was updated after said customer obtained a batch file and a configuration file at the last time, wherein the batch file and the configuration file as generated by said file generation mechanism are downloaded directly from the homepage.