Abstract:
This report sumarizes and evaluates the design options involved in the implementation of an event-driven circuit simulator, CINNAMON, on a general-purpose multiprocessor computer architecture. The main issues are debated, possible solutions are presented and results are antecipated. As a conclusion, the steps to be followed in the implementation, are also presented. This work was partially supported by the Esprit 1058 Project Contents 1 Hardware acceleration of circuit simulation 2 2 Implementation issues: Evaluation of design options 6 2.1 The Multiprocessor Architecture : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 6 2.2 Circuit partitioning techniques : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 10 2.3 Processor Management and Simulation Control : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 13 3 Synchronous and Asynchronous Implementations 18 4 Implementation steps 22 1 Hardware acceleration of circuit simulation With the improvement of manufacturing methods and new technologies, VLSI ci...
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