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Structured ASIC circuitry that is intended to be functionally equivalent to a programmed block of FPGA circuitry (e.g., a programmed FPGA LUT) is verified for such functional equivalence by using the specification (logical or physical) for the structured ASIC circuitry as a starting point for an FPG

Structured ASIC circuitry that is intended to be functionally equivalent to a programmed block of FPGA circuitry (e.g., a programmed FPGA LUT) is verified for such functional equivalence by using the specification (logical or physical) for the structured ASIC circuitry as a starting point for an FPGA design project. If the design project results in the same FPGA circuitry as it was intended that the structured ASIC circuitry would be functionally equivalent to, the structured ASIC circuitry has been verified and can be added to one or more libraries of structured ASIC modules that are available for use in providing structured ASIC products that are functionally equivalent to programmed FPGA products.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of verifying that a unit of structured ASIC circuitry will perform the function that a starting programmed look-up table in an FPGA will perform, the method comprising:performing an FPGA design project on a logical design specification for the unit of structured ASIC

What is claimed is: 1. A method of verifying that a unit of structured ASIC circuitry will perform the function that a starting programmed look-up table in an FPGA will perform, the method comprising:performing an FPGA design project on a logical design specification for the unit of structured ASIC circuitry to perform the function that the starting programmed look-up table in the FPGA will perform; andcomparing programming of a second look-up table in the FPGA design that results from the performing to the starting programmed look-up table to determine if said programming is the same as programming of the starting programmed look-up table, wherein at least one operation of the method is at least partly executed by a machine.