PURPOSE: To accurately design an integrated circuit for the standard cell or building block system of an analog system in a short time.
CONSTITUTION: This method is provided with a process A for performing logical design based on a specification, process B for performing circuit design at a transistor level based on this logical design, process C for preparing a symbol drawing at a microlevel based on this circular diagram information, process D for performing floor planning for arranging the blocks of macro assemblies of the chips of the assemblies of these blocks based on this symbol drawing, process E for performing macro layout based on the result of the process B, process G for arranging the chips of plural macro assemblies based on this layout, and process H for comparing the layout result from the process E to G with the result of the process D and performing correction when both the results are not matched.