Low-cost simulation of mixed-signal ASIC functionality

While searching for a method to retain engineering control of design, as for the first ASIC, while using the expertise of a silicon vendor led the author to develop the simulation method described in the paper. The approach is concerned mainly with analogue and quasi-static logic and is of such low-cost that it will allow even the smallest company to model an ASIC function and confirm its technological benefits before having to commit large sums of money for its development. It also allows the user to remain fully in the design loop while the silicon vendor completes the complex and otherwise hidden silicon design