computer software used as a development tool for use in the design of integrated circuits and system-on-chips; interconnect IP technology in the nature of network-on-chips, namely, protocol adapters, switching elements, data path converters, data traffic managers for on-chip and inter-chip communication for use in the design of integrated circuits and system-on-chips; semiconductor IP, system-level protocol cores and network-interface-units for use in semiconductors, electronics, communicatio...