Patent ID: 8887164

Claim:
A system comprising: at least one computer system having at least one processor, the at least one computer system adapted to prioritize a set of integrated circuit tasks in a very large scale integration (VLSI) process, by performing actions comprising: querying a database for task-based data associated with the set of integrated circuit tasks; applying at least one rule to the task-based data to prioritize execution of a first group of the set of integrated circuit tasks over a second group of the set of integrated circuit tasks, wherein the second group includes task-based data not compatible with the at least one rule; applying the at least one rule or an additional rule to the task-based data to further prioritize execution of tasks within the first group of the set of integrated circuit tasks; applying a first-in, first-out (FIFO) rule to the second group of the set of integrated circuit tasks after the applying of the at least one rule or the additional rule to the first group of the set of integrated circuit tasks; and providing a set of processing instructions for processing the set of integrated circuit tasks according to the prioritization, wherein the set of processing instructions includes instructions to process the second group after the first group.