Patents by Inventor Christopher S. Arndt

Christopher S. Arndt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • IC design estimation using mid-level elements of IP cores
    Patent number: 7984412
    Abstract: A method (100) of estimating a performance characteristic of an integrated circuit (IC) design having an intellectual property (“IP”) core pre-characterizes an element type of the IC design to provide an estimation result of the element type (102-108). Mid-level elements of the IP are acquired (116). A user selects a value of a parameter of the IP core and the IC design is run on a design tool using the estimation result to model the mid-level elements of the IP core (118) to return a performance value of the IC design (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Schumacher, Christopher S. Arndt