Patent ID: 7143021

Claim:
A computer program product for simultaneously predicting the behavior of isomorphic subcircuits, comprising a medium for storing programs for execution by at least a microprocessor unit, a memory, and a user interface, the computer program product comprising instructions for: (a) determining which of the isomorphic subcircuits have external states substantially close to one another such that an appointed leader can fairly represent the behaviors of the state-wise close and isomorphic subcircuits while conforming to predefined error criteria, the state-wise close subcircuits thereby being deemed as followers; (b) creating or appointing a simulation leader for those subcircuits which are determined to be state-wise close to one another, and assigning to that simulation leader, external states substantially close to those of the state-wise close, followers; (c) using a simulation driver to predict the behavior of the leader; and (d) reflecting the simulation results of the leader to its followers.