A Distributed Kernel for Simulation of the VHSIC Hardware Description Language

Abstract

This thesis develops a technique for simulating large-scale circuit models, written in the Very High Speed Integrated circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL), on a distributed computer composed of many individual processing units. The distributed system consists of a scalable kernel which can support a large simulation composed of many concurrent VHDL processes. The kernel provides model-independent support functions that handle signal propagation and process activation in a distributed environment. The synchronization between individual logical processes in the kernel is handled using the Chandy-Misra null message algorithm. The distributed kernel has been implemented using the Spectrum distributed simulation testbed and runs on the eight-processor Intel iPSC/2 Hypercube at AFIT. Several test circuits have been simulated, including ripple-carry and carry look-ahead adders, and a counter. These cases cover combinational and sequential logic. (rrh)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA215419

Entities

People

  • Michael C. Proicou

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • C Programming Language
  • Circuits
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Language
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Parallel Computing
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Programming Languages
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Very Large Scale Integration

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.