The IBM engineering verification engine

  • Authors:
  • Daniel K. Beece;George Deibert;Georgina Papp;Frank Villante

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Watson Research Cemer, PO Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM Data Systems Division, P.O. Box 390, Poughkeepsie, NY;IBM Watson Research Cemer, PO Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM System Technology Division, 1701 North Street, Endicott, NY

  • Venue:
  • DAC '88 Proceedings of the 25th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
  • Year:
  • 1988

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Abstract

In this review article, we describe IBM's Engineering Verification Engine, EVE, a special-purpose, highly-parallel programmable machine for the simulation of computer logic and currently being used at several locations within IBM. EVE, which is based on the architecture of the Yorktown Simulation Engine, can simulate two million gates at a speed of more than two billion gate evaluations per second, far beyond the capabilities of existing software simulators. In this paper, we give an overview of the EVE architecture, hardware and software, and describe some current applications.