Title :
HSIM1 and HSIM2: object oriented algorithms for VHDL simulation
Author :
Ganguly, Neeta ; Pitchumani, Vijay
Author_Institution :
Motorola Inc., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we present two algorithms, HSIM1 and HSIM2, for the simulation of VHDL circuit descriptions. HSIM1 and HSIM2 are both object-oriented event-driven algorithms which maintain the hierarchical nature of the simulation network. The objects in the system are instances of classes which are classes are created by compiling VHDL code into C++. These algorithms have been implemented and tested on several examples and have been found to perform much better than the Intermetrics VHDL simulator, which is an industry standard
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; discrete event simulation; logic CAD; object-oriented methods; specification languages; C++; HSIM1; HSIM2; VHDL simulation; circuit simulation; event-driven algorithms; hierarchical nature; object oriented algorithms; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Data encapsulation; Discrete event simulation; Hardware; Integrated circuit interconnections; Joining processes; Object oriented modeling;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Design, 1994., Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Calcutta
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-4990-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICVD.1994.282679
