Fig. 1. DNA Analysis of IP Fingerprints
In the world of SoC development, an IP management system is software for the licensing, distribution and compliance administration of design IP for both vendors and consumers of IP.
In May 2019, Silvaco was awarded a patent for System and Method for IP fingerprinting and IP DNA analysis. This patent reflects a little of the unique technology in the Xena® IP Management System from Silvaco.
What is IP fingerprinting? An IP fingerprint is a unique signature for an individual IP that allows for the detection of that individual IP in an SoC . What's interesting about this is, unlike other methods like tagging, there's no modification of the IP, and there's no modification of the design flow.
