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During the design of semiconductor products which incorporates a user specification and an application set, the application set being a partially manufactured semiconductor platform and its resources, a template engine is disclosed which uses a simplified computer language having a character whereby

During the design of semiconductor products which incorporates a user specification and an application set, the application set being a partially manufactured semiconductor platform and its resources, a template engine is disclosed which uses a simplified computer language having a character whereby data used in commands identified by the character need only be input once, either by a user or by files, and that data, after it has been verified to be correct, is automatically allocated to one or more templates used to generate shells for the specification of a final semiconductor product. Data must be correct and compatible with other data before it can be used within the template engine and the generated shells; indeed the template engine cooperates with a plurality of rules and directives to verify the correctness of the data. The template engine may generate one or more of the following shells: an RTL shell, a documentation shell, a timing analysis shell, a synthesis shell, a manufacturing test shell, and/or a floorplan shell.

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What is claimed is: 1. A template engine, at least partially stored on a computer-readable memory and comprising:(a) means to read a plurality of resources available from a selected application set;(b) means to input a user's specification; and(c) means to generate a plurality of shells allocating t

What is claimed is: 1. A template engine, at least partially stored on a computer-readable memory and comprising:(a) means to read a plurality of resources available from a selected application set;(b) means to input a user's specification; and(c) means to generate a plurality of shells allocating the resources of the application set to the user's specification, the plurality of shells comprising at least two from a group comprising a Register Transfer Level shell providing a logical description, a documentation shell providing a functional description, and a timing analysis shell providing a timing description.