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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6634011 | Method and apparatus for recording program execution in a microprocessor based integrated circuit An integrated circuit (10) includes a central processing unit (12), an instruction cache (14), a data cache, (16), and a trace recorder. The central processing unit (12) interacts with the instruction cache (14) and the data cache (16) in order to execute... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634012 | Design verification by symbolic simulation using a native hardware description language A method and apparatus for performing design verification is described. In one embodiment, a method for performing design verification includes specifying at least one object that represents at least one signal as a symbol in a design using a first comman... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634013 | Wiring failure analysis method using simulation of electromigration The present invention provides a wiring failure analysis method that overcomes difficulties due to shape changes of wires in LSI circuits and the like by effecting current and heat transfer analysis as well as analysis of diffusion of atoms in crystal gra... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634014 | Delay/load estimation for use in integrated circuit design Delay and/or load estimation is performed prior to physical layout in an integrated circuit (IC) design process. Initially, a description of the IC design is obtained, the description being in a hardware description language (HDL). Floor planning is then ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634015 | Computer-readable storage media stored with a delay library for designing a semiconductor integrated circuit device The invention relates to a design system of logic products, which includes a time-consuming detailed simulation part and a fast whole-product simulation part. Two new parameters Ac and n are added to a delay library of the fast whole-product simulation pa... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634016 | Arrangement for partitioning logic into multiple field programmable gate arrays A test system for a design of a network device under test, having multiple design modules, includes multiple field programmable gate arrays configured for performing operations of the respective design modules. The test system also includes shared resourc... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634017 | System LSI development apparatus and the method thereof for developing a system optimal to an application In this disclosure, based on change item definition information concerning system LSI development and design, software used for development and design of a system LSI that contains a processor having optional instructions defined therein is operated, and ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634018 | Optical proximity correction An improvement to the optical proximity correction process used in photolithography. Mask pattern modeling is added to the optical proximity correction process, producing patterns that are optimized for both reticle manufacture and wafer fabrication. Patt... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634019 | Toggling software characteristics in a fault tolerant and combinatorial software environment system, method and medium A fault tolerant software environment, in which various program components (e.g., portions of computer programs, applications, etc) are objectized into entities represented by "codons." This allows for improper syntax to occur, enabling, for example, comb... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634020 | Uninitialized memory watch In the present invention, a special purpose watch function is used to find reference to uninitialized memory within a computer program during debugging. The uninitialized memory watch may be implemented singularly with respect to a given memory allocation... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634021 | User controlled relaxation of optimization constraints related to volatile memory references A regime of keywords modifying a volatile type-qualifier for use in source code accessing volatile objects via, for example, pointers to volatile memory locations. Each keyword permits corresponding selected optimizations by a compiler even though the vol... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634022 | Method for platform specific efficiency enhancement of java programs and software product therefor A method for optimizing and enhancing Java programs to run more efficiently on specific hardware platforms, with a focus on increased execution performance and a reduction of the amount of memory the Java program ultimately requires for its functionality,... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634023 | Compile method, exception handling method and computer The present invention enables re-ordering of instructions to be executed while assuring a precise exception. In Java language, an optimization process of re-ordering instructions to be executed is performed by Just-In-Time compiler. For instance, the inst... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634024 | Integration of data prefetching and modulo scheduling using postpass prefetch insertion The present invention integrates data prefetching into a modulo scheduling technique to provide for the generation of assembly code having improved performance. Modulo scheduling can produce optimal steady state code for many important cases by sufficient... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634025 | System for exchanging software processes during execution using threads A communication system and, method are therefor, are provided. The system includes a control circuit which includes a message-based operating system and application software. The system also includes a device and/or software for exchanging/replacing appli... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634026 | Method and apparatus for correcting common errors in multiple versions of a computer program The present invention relates to a repair program for multiple versions of computer programs that have a common error by using a pattern search and substitution technique. The invention includes identifying a common error in a main computer program, findi... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634027 | Communications circuitry for combining terrestrial and satellite signals Communications circuitry comprising integration circuitry coupled to interface circuitry. The integration circuitry is configured to convert at least a portion of a terrestrial signal into a satellite channel frequency and to combine the converted terrest... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6634028 | Television system communicating individually addressed information A CATV system including a CATV network, a multiplicity of subscriber units, apparatus for transmitting over said CATV network encrypted information individually addressed to a subscriber unit and apparatus associated with each of said multiplicity of subs... | 10/14/2003 |
