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Partitioning Structural Vhdl Circuits For Parallel Execution On Hypercubes, Kevin L. Kapp
Partitioning Structural Vhdl Circuits For Parallel Execution On Hypercubes, Kevin L. Kapp
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Distributing simulations among multiple processors is one approach to reducing VHDL simulation time for large VLSI circuit designs. However, parallel simulation introduces the problem of how to partition the logic gates and system behaviors among the available processors in order to obtain maximum speedup. This research investigates deliberate partitioning algorithms that account for the complex inter-dependency structure of the circuit behaviors. Once an initial partition has been obtained, a border annealing algorithm is used to iteratively improve the partition. In addition, methods of measuring the cost of a partition and relating it to the resulting simulation performance are investigated. Structural …
A Systolic Simulation And Transformation System, Ronald I. Greenberg, H.-C. Oh
A Systolic Simulation And Transformation System, Ronald I. Greenberg, H.-C. Oh
Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works
This paper presents a CAD tool, SystSim, to ease the design of systolic systems. Given a high-level, functional description of processors, and a high-level description of their interconnection, SystSim will perform simulations and provide graphical output. SystSim will also perform transformations such as retiming, which eases use of the methodology of Leiserson and Saxe of designing a system with broadcasting and then obtaining a systolic system through retiming.