Patent ID: 8560983

Claim:
A method, in a data processing system, for generating a physical layout of an integrated circuit design, comprising: receiving, by the data processing system, a logic description of the integrated circuit design, wherein the logic description comprises a first logic description of control logic comprised within an irregular logic block of the integrated circuit design and a second logic description of data path logic comprised within a regular logic block of the integrated circuit design; performing, in the data processing system, manual design of the data path logic comprised within the regular logic block of the integrated circuit design based on user input; performing, in the data processing system, automated design of the control logic comprised within the irregular logic block of the integrated circuit design without user input; and integrating, by the data processing system, the manual design of the data path logic comprised within the regular logic block and the automated design of the control logic comprised within the irregular logic block into the integrated circuit design to generate a hybrid integrated circuit design.