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Conclusion

This paper describes the innovative technical solutions employed by Intel's CAD organization to develop a production capable NT*-UNIX* cross-platform CAD design flow environment for development, deployment, and maintenance activities.

This work is important for Intel to continue to maintain a powerful, effective, and competitive design environment for the future generation of microprocessor design projects. The simple but powerful technique described in this paper is easily proliferable to future Intel® microprocessor design project environments as Intel moves from a UNIX to an IA-NT design flow environment.