Techniques for unit-delay compiled simulation

  • Authors:
  • Peter M. Maurer;Zhicheng Wang

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL;Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

  • Venue:
  • DAC '90 Proceedings of the 27th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

The PC-set method and the parallel technique are two methods for performing compiled unit-delay simulation. The PC-set method analyzes the network, determines the set of potential change times for each net, and generates gate simulations for each potential change. The parallel technique, which is based on the concept of parallel fault simulation, is faster and generates less code than the PC-method, but is less flexible. Benchmark comparisons with interpreted event-driven simulation show a factor of four improvement for the PC-set method and a factor of ten improvement for the parallel technique.