Abstract: A system for performing parallel distributed processing thereby accelerating the generation of a physical layout is disclosed. Specifically, the system significantly reduces the execution time of a place and route stage in the design of an integrated circuit (IC). An IC design is broken to multiple tiles that are independently processed and routed in parallel. This is achieved by providing an infrastructure that manages the multi-processing as well as data flows between a main computing node and a plurality of remote processing nodes.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of mobile terminals such as cell phones that are in the vicinity of one or more selected locations. The detected devices are identified and such information may then be provided to an application for its use. Specifically, a detector is installed at a selected location or locations for monitoring the transmissions of mobile terminals that come nearby. When such a transmission is detected, information from the base station with which the mobile terminal is communicating provides identification data, and based on timing relationships between the detected transmission and the data received from the base station, the detected mobile terminal may be specifically identified.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of mobile terminals such as cell phones that are in the vicinity of one or more selected locations. The detected devices are identified and such information may then be provided to an application for its use. Specifically, a detector is installed at a selected location or locations for monitoring the transmissions of mobile terminals that come nearby. When such a transmission is detected, information from the base station with which the mobile terminal is communicating provides identification data, and based on timing relationships between the detected transmission and the data received from the base station, the detected mobile terminal may be specifically identified.