Patent ID: 6240543
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
An integrated circuit design system comprising:an original physical board with electronic integrated circuits, including socket means, said board used to develop a test model to be used in integration of the integrated circuits;means for said socket means to interface to a simulator;means for a simulating to simulate the test model with the operation of the original physical board with the integrated circuits;means for the test model to be manifested in layout, through HDL synthesis or a gate model or a transistor model, available as a core to be integrated with the integrated circuits;means for a test core, said test core developed from said test model, to be integrated with the integrated circuits, wherein the integrated circuits are migrated at the GDS II level circuit description such that simulation is not necessary to produce working silicon of all integrated circuits and the test model on a single integrated circuit;means for said single integrated circuit to functionally operate on a physical board.