AN OVERVIEW OF COMPUTER-AIDED CIRCUIT DESIGN,

Abstract

Historically, the evolutionary process in computer-aided design began with the coding and evaluation of simple formulas in physical design. As computers became faster--with the coming of second generation machines such as the IBM 7090--more complex problems, such as logic circuit simulation and electronic circuit analysis, became feasible with computers. Successive design by trial and error methods, however, was not generally practiced, due to the excessive turn-around times associated with batch processing. Since time-sharing in computers has become a practical reality, we are now able to treat problems that are too complex to be put entirely on the computer. These problems involve the successive testing of hypothetical solutions until a satisfactory design is achieved. In the real-time dialogue between man and machine, the man controls the decision processes, while the machine does the step-by-step solutions. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0692891

Entities

People

  • Franklin F. Kuo
  • Waldo G. Magnuson Jr.

Organizations

  • University of HawaiĘ»i System

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Batch Processing
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Circuits
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Logic Gates
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics