Title :
The IBM Yorktown simulation engine
Author :
Pfister, Gregory F.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
fDate :
6/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The IBM Yorktown Simulation Engine (YSE) is a special-purpose, highly parallel programmable machine for the gate-level simulation of logic. A YSE has been constructed at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. A full configured YSE could simulate up to two million gates at a speed of over three billion gate simulations per second, it is estimated that a YSE could simulate an IBM 3081 processor, at the gate level, at a rate of 1000 System/370 instructions per second. This paper describes the YSE architecture and software support.
Keywords :
Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer errors; Costs; Digital systems; Engines; Hardware; Logic gates; Manufacturing; System testing;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1986.13558
