A method for developing integrated circuits includes generating a core
(logic core) in an HDL format readable by a logic synthesis tool, from an
ASIC core (logic core) made of ports of blocks and port connection
information, creating a temporary chip design from chip terminal
information to generate a terminal in the temporary chip design,
generating a design identical to that created, as a cell within the
design created, connecting a design port with a cell port, wherein a name
of the design port is identical to a name of the cell port, inserting an
I/O buffer, depending on the device technology, into a net between the
ports connected, replacing the cell by the core (logic core) created to
generate a netlist, and expanding a hierarchy of the design, being the
top hierarchy.