
Graph analysis in large integrated circuit (IC) designs is an essential tool for verifying design logic and timing via dynamic timing analysis (DTA). IC designs resemble graphs with each logic gate as a vertex and the conductive connections between gates as edges. Using DTA digital statistical correlations, graph condensation, and graph partitioning, it is possible to identify high-entropy component centers and paths within an IC design. Identification of high-entropy component centers (HECC) enables focused DTA, effectively lowering the computational complexity of DTA on large integrated circuit graphs. In this paper, a devised methodology termed IC layout subgraph component center identification (CCI) is described. CCI lowers DTA computational complexity by condensing IC graphs into reduced subgraphs in which dominant logic functions are verified.
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