US Patent Application 18311886. METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROFILE-GUIDED OPTIMIZATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS simplified abstract
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METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROFILE-GUIDED OPTIMIZATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
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Byron Sinclair of Toronto (CA)
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROFILE-GUIDED OPTIMIZATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18311886 Titled 'METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROFILE-GUIDED OPTIMIZATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS'
Simplified Explanation
This abstract describes methods and tools for optimizing integrated circuit hardware. Circuit design tools can take source code and compile it into a hardware description. This hardware description includes profiling blocks that measure important information for optimization. The hardware description is then simulated to collect profiling data. The circuit design tools analyze this data to find more opportunities for hardware optimization. Based on this analysis, the source code is modified to create a smaller and faster hardware that is more suitable for the intended application.
Original Abstract Submitted
Methods and apparatus for performing profile-guided optimization of integrated circuit hardware are provided. Circuit design tools may receive a source code and compile the source code to generate a hardware description. The hardware description may include profiling blocks configured to measure useful information required for optimization. The hardware description may then be simulated to gather profiling data. The circuit design tools may then analyze the gathered profiling data to identify additional opportunities for hardware optimization. The source code may then be modified based on the analysis of the profiling data to produce a smaller and faster hardware that is better suited to the application.
