Title :
Hardware logic simulation by compilation
Author_Institution :
MIPS Comput. Syst. Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Abstract :
A behavioral and logic simulation system which uses extensive optimization and compilation techniques to obtain high performance is described. It incorporates data-flow analysis to optimize the evaluation of unordered assignment statements that define a hardware structure, and to extract clocking rules. An integral code generator produces efficient assembly code for three different machines, and an associated run-time library provides a flexible interactive debugging environment
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; logic CAD; optimisation; Terse; assembly code; compilation; data-flow analysis; hardware structure; integral code generator; interactive debugging environment; logic simulation system; optimization; unordered assignment statements; Arithmetic; Clocks; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Equations; Hardware; High performance computing; Logic; Runtime; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 1988. Proceedings., 25th ACM/IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0864-1
DOI :
10.1109/DAC.1988.14848