Determination of flip-flop count in physical design

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System and method of determining flip-flop counts of interconnects of a physical layout during integrated circuit (IC) design. The outputs of each logic block are defined as primary inputs, and the inputs of each logic block are defined as primary outputs. Each interconnect is traversed from a primary input a primary output to identify the flip-flops and determine the flip-flop count. If an interconnect has a greater flip-flop count than an RTL estimated count, measures are taken to reduce the need for flip-flops with the current routing design. If the interconnect has a smaller flip-flop count than an RTL estimated count, additional flip-flops are inserted.

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MARVELL ASIA PTE LTDTAI SENG CENTRE 3 IRVING ROAD #10-01 SINGAPORE 369522

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Ahluwalia, Daman Los Gatos, US 8 39
Jayakumar, Nikhil San Jose, US 14 51
Ma, Weinan San Jose, US 10 15
Singh, Chirinjeev San Jose, US 15 22
Wang, Weihuang Los Gatos, US 68 183

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