Patent ID: 8375344

Claim:
A method for identifying an electronic product having an array of uncommitted logic that is capable of implementing requirements of an electronic design, comprising: using at least one processor to perform a process, the process comprising: identifying technical specifications that have been electronically stored for a set of products having an array of uncommitted logic; identifying requirements for implementing an electronic design; analyzing the requirements against the technical specifications; identifying whether any of the set of products having the array of uncommitted logic supports the requirements for the electronic design by at least taking into account a number of uncommitted logic in the array that become unavailable to support the requirements due to development of the any of the set of products or of the electronic design, rather than by simply comparing the requirements to the technical specifications; and displaying results of identifying whether any of the set of products having the array of uncommitted logic supports the requirements for the electronic design or storing the results in a computer readable medium.