Patent ID: 6999910

Claim:
A system for designing an integrated circuit, comprising: a first user computer communicatively coupled to a network, including a first design navigator, the first design navigator suitable for providing a user interface to enable utilization of EDA tools; a first project coordinator, the first project coordinator suitable for acting as an administrative interface; at least two EDA tools, wherein the EDA tools are configured to implement at least one function in a process for designing an integrated circuit (IC); and a dynamic template, wherein the dynamic template implements at least two symbols displayable on a display device on the user computer, wherein the at least two symbols each correspond to a respective EDA tools accessible by the first design navigator, the symbols arrangeable on the display by a user of the user computer to indicate an interrelationship of the EDA tools in a design process; and a second user computer communicatively coupled to the network, including a second design navigator, the second design navigator suitable for providing a user interface to enable utilization of EDA tools; a second project coordinator, the second project coordinator suitable for acting as an administrative interface; at least two EDA tools, wherein the EDA tools are configured to implement at least one function in a process for designing an integrated circuit (IC); and a dynamic template, wherein the dynamic template implements at least two symbols displayable on a display device on the user computer, wherein the at least two symbols each correspond to a respective EDA tools accessible by the second design navigator, the symbols arrangeable on the display by a user of the user computer to indicate an interrelationship of the EDA tools in a design process.