Exclusive simulation of activity in digital networks
Communications of the ACM
Theory and Design Switching Circ
Theory and Design Switching Circ
Vector coding techniques for high speed digital simulation
DAC '81 Proceedings of the 18th Design Automation Conference
A parallel bit map processor architecture for DA algorithms
DAC '81 Proceedings of the 18th Design Automation Conference
High-speed concurrent fault simulation with vectors and scalars
DAC '80 Proceedings of the 17th Design Automation Conference
Table lookup techniques for fast and flexible digital logic simulation
DAC '80 Proceedings of the 17th Design Automation Conference
Design verification of large scientific computers
DAC '77 Proceedings of the 14th Design Automation Conference
DAC '82 Proceedings of the 19th Design Automation Conference
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Special-purpose CAD hardware is increasingly being considered as a means to meet the challenge posed to conventional (software-based) CAD tools by the growing complexity of VLSI circuits. In this paper we describe the architecture of a logic simulation machine employing distributed and parallel processing. Our architecture can accommodate different levels of modeling ranging from simple gates to complex functions, and support timing analysis. We estimate that simulation implemented by the proposed special-purpose hardware will be between 10 and 60 times faster than currently used software algorithms running on general-purpose computers. With the available technology, a throughput of 1,000,000 gate evaluations/second can be achieved.