DocumentCode
1000232
Title
A Supercomputer Workstation for VLSI CAD
Author
Fiebrich, Rolf-Dieter
Author_Institution
Thinking Machines Corporation
Volume
3
Issue
3
fYear
1986
fDate
6/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
31
Lastpage
37
Abstract
This article describes a VLSI CAD workstation with a massively parallel computer the connection machine, as hardware accelerator. The connection machine offers workstation users general-purpose acceleration capabilities and high interactivity. Workstation software includes a novel CAD-system kernel and tools operating on the connection machine. The system kernel, designed to permit efficient interfaces to existing tools and tool environments, also includes more advanced design tools (procedural tools, for example) providing a suitable basis for knowledge-based tool development.
Keywords
Concurrent computing; Databases; Design automation; Digital systems; Hardware; Kernel; Process design; Supercomputers; Very large scale integration; Workstations;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7475
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MDT.1986.294989
Filename
4069790
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