Title :
Building user-interface for heterogeneous network device simulation: experiences with MINIMOS
Author :
Niu, G.F. ; Chen, M.M. ; Ruan, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
This paper describes user-interface building for device simulation using a heterogeneous computer network. After profiling MINIMOS and analyzing the user demands, we decide to parallize the input parameter sets and then build the Multiple Input-files Multiple Parameter-sets (MIMP) user-interface and Single Input-file Multiple Parameter-sets (SIMP) user-interface. Both interfaces allow device engineers to exploit existing network resource to simulate multiple device parameter sets concurrently with minimal change to the validated standard codes, thus achieving low cost and reliable speedup
Keywords :
MOSFET; digital simulation; electronic engineering computing; parallel programming; semiconductor device models; user interfaces; MIMP interface; MINIMOS MOSFET simulator; SIMP interface; heterogeneous network device simulation; input parameter sets; multiple input-files multiple parameter-sets; single input-file multiple parameter-sets; user interface; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Costs; Design optimization; Equations; MOSFETs; Reliability engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting, 1996., IEEE Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3091-9
DOI :
10.1109/HKEDM.1996.566312
