Mixed-level simulation with a Zycad simulation engine

Author

Eiríksson, Ásgeir Th

Author_Institution

LSI Logic Corp., Milpitas, CA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

17-21 Sep 1990

Abstract

A mixed behavioral- and gate-level simulator is described. The unique feature is that the gate-level modules of a design are simulated using a simulation engine, while a host computer simulates the behavioral-level modules and enforces the synchronization between the host computer and engine. The behavioral models are described using a high-level process-oriented behavioral specification language BSL. Runtime experiments show that the simulator speeds-up the simulation of systems of size ( # gates, # lines BSL)∈{(25 K, 2 K), (50 K, 10 K)} by a factor of 5-7 times, compared to the compatible software simulator

Keywords

digital simulation; logic CAD; special purpose computers; BSL; Zycad simulation engine; behavioral models; behavioral-level modules; gate-level modules; hardware accelerators; host computer; mixed behavioral/gate-level simulator; mixed level simulator; process-oriented behavioral specification language; runtime experiments; simulation engine; simulation speed up; synchronization; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Discrete event simulation; Engines; Hardware; Large scale integration; Libraries; Logic design; Predictive models; Specification languages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ASIC Seminar and Exhibit, 1990. Proceedings., Third Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Rochester, NY

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASIC.1990.186117

Filename

186117