Title :
To Thread or Not to Thread
Author :
Hirsch, S. ; Finkler, U.
Author_Institution :
Syst. & Technol. Group, IBM Corp., Essex Junction, VT, USA
Abstract :
The authors present a real-life industrial EDA problem; in particular, layout versus schematic checking. They describe why they chose threads to speed up their EDA tool.
Keywords :
electronic design automation; multi-threading; electronic design automation; industrial EDA problem; layout problem; schematic checking problem; threading approach; Data structures; Heuristic algorithms; Memory management; Message systems; Multithreading; Parallel processing; Program processors;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MDT.2012.2226012
