Architecture and algorithm of a circuit simulator

Norian Marranghello; Furio Damiani

doi:10.1117/12.26305

1 November 1990 Architecture and algorithm of a circuit simulator

Norian Marranghello, Furio Damiani

Proceedings Volume 1405, 5th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Microelectronics; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.26305
Event: 5th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Microelectronics, 1990, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

Software-based circuit simulators had a ten-fold speed improvement in the last 15 years. Despite this they are not fast enough to cost- effectively deal with current VLSI circuits. In this paper we describe the current status of the ABACUS circuit simulator project, which takes advantage of both a dedicated hardware to speed up circuit simulation and a new methodology, where each parallel processor behaves like a circuit element.

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Norian Marranghello and Furio Damiani "Architecture and algorithm of a circuit simulator", Proc. SPIE 1405, 5th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Microelectronics, (1 November 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.26305

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