US Patent Issued to Cadence Design Systems on Sept. 30 for "Locking mechanism and core wrapping for IP core" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,474, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Cadence Design Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Locking mechanism and core wrapping for IP core" was invented by Vivek Chickermane (Slaterville Springs, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit (IC) chip includes an intellectual property (IP) core that executes logical operations to perform a function. The IC chip also includes a core wrapper logically encapsulating the IP core such that inputs and outputs to the IP core are funneled through ports of the core wrapper. The IC chip further includes a locking mechanism for controlling communications with the core wrapper. The l...