Title :
Functional Abstraction from Structure in VLSI Simulation Models
Author :
Lathrop, Richard H. ; Hall, Robert J. ; Kirk, Robert S.
Author_Institution :
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
High-level functional (or behavioral) simulation models are difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to develop. We report on a method for automatically generating the program code for a high-level functional simulation model. The high-level model is produced directly from the program code for the circuit components´ functional models and a netlist description of their connectivity. A prototype has been implemented in LISP for the SIMMER functional simulator.
Keywords :
Artificial intelligence; Circuit simulation; Equations; Flip-flops; Inverters; Kirk field collapse effect; Laboratories; Permission; Prototypes; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation, 1987. 24th Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0781-5
DOI :
10.1109/DAC.1987.203344
