A server for supporting LSI manufacturing is used within an LSI
manufacturing support system including: a communication line, an LSI
manufacturing support server connected to that communication line, IP
developer terminals, LSI developer terminals, and an IP management
storage, IP development schedule storage and project information storage
connected to that LSI manufacturing support server. The server includes an
IP management unit for managing management information of IP, which is to
become structural element of LSI, stored in the IP management storage; and
an IP scheduling unit for processing information regarding an IP
development schedule stored in the IP development schedule storage; a
project processing unit for processing information regarding an LSI
development project stored in the project information storage; and a
matrix processing unit for evaluating availability of the IP using
relative temporal relationship of the IP development schedule and the
project information and representing evaluation results as a matrix.
