Patent ID: 8261215
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product that includes a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium comprising a plurality of computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute a process for selecting a representative cell for an electronic design, the process comprising: receiving cell information for multiple cells across multiple corners; analyzing the cell information to score two or more of the multiple cells within a corner of the multiple corners, wherein scoring the two or more of the multiple cells is performed without using a set of early design parameters for the electronic design; generating an overall score across multiple corners for a cell of the two or more of the multiple cells; analyzing the set of early-stage design parameters for the electronic design against the overall score; and selecting the representative cell from the two or more cells for an early stage electronic design based at least in part upon analysis of the early-stage design parameters against the overall score, in which the process for selecting a representative cell weighs an amount of time and resources it takes to select the representative cell against a greater degree of correctness.