The invention presents a method of accommodating for across chip line
variation (ACLV) and/or changing static timing of an integrated circuit
design. The invention first establishes a circuit design having initial
timing requirements and an initial voltage supply and also establishes a
relationship between gate timing variations caused by voltage supply
changes and gate timing variations caused by manufacturing processing
changes. Then, according to the customer's orders that change the initial
timing requirements to revised timing requirements, the invention changes
the initial voltage supply to a revised voltage supply to accommodate the
revised timing requirements (and ACLV if desired) based on the
relationship between voltage limits and transistor delay. This process of
changing the initial voltage supply does not alter the circuit design.