ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,776, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).
"Trusted parameterized cells (Pcells) on blockchain" was invented by Romain H.A. Feuillette (Williston, Vt.), Mujahid Muhammad (Essex Junction, Vt.) and Alain F. Loiseau (Williston, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to relates to integrated circuits and, more particularly, to trusted Pcells leveraging smart contracts on a blockchain and methods of manufacture. In particular, the structure includes a first parameterized cell (Pcell) label generated based on a customer label corresponding to a customer design on a customer net...