Hybrid compiled/interpreted simulation of MOS circuits

Authors:
Larry McMurchie;Craig Anderson;Gaetano Borriello
Affiliations:
University of Washington, Seattle, WA;University of Washington, Seattle, WA;University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Venue:
EURO-DAC '91 Proceedings of the conference on European design automation
Year:
1991

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Abstract

We have developed a switch-level simulator that combines the speed of compiled simulation algorithms with the flexibility and fast set-up times of interpretive schemes. Compiled simulation is fast for simple subcircuits and slow for certain complex ones. Interpretive schemes have a fast set-up time, but are slow in simulating simple circuits because of the overhead of the interpreted data structures. Our hybrid scheme, based on COSMOS and MOSSIM II, offers the best of both approaches, reducing simulation time for a variety of common circuits and saving a factor of 3 or more in set-up time.