Computer logic simulation with dynamic modeling

Details Computer logic simulation with dynamic modeling Computer logic simulation with dynamic modeling

1995-08-08

1996-11-12

Teska, Kevin J.

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364578, G06F 9455

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055748937

ABSTRACT:
A method for improving the performance of a computer logic simulator in a computer system in which the operation of a logic design is simulated by converting a network list representative of the logic design into a simulator netlist and applying predetermined input vectors to the simulator netlist representative of the logic design in order to generate output vectors representative of the response of the simulator netlist. Portions of the network list are converted to dynamic device models in the form of executable code, which is assembled in a dynamic device model file. The remaining portions of the network list are converted to a simulator netlist, which is stored in a simulator netlist file. Both the dynamic device models and the simulator netlist are used to perform the simulation process. Since the dynamic device models are in the form of executable code, which can be directly read during the simulation process, the speed of operation of the simulation process is substantially increased, with a corresponding reduction in the total processing time required. In addition, the size of the simulator netlist is substantially reduced.

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