PARASPICE: a parallel circuit simulator for shared-memory multiprocessors

A general approach to parallelizing standard circuit simulators on shared-memory multiprocessors is described. The approach extracts parallel tasks at the algorithmic level for each compute-intensive module and therefore is suitable for a wide range of shared-memory multiprocessors. The implementation of the approach in SPICE2 resulted in a portable parallel direct circuit simulator, PARASPICE. The superior performance of PARASPICE is demonstrated on an 8-CE Alliant FX/80 using a number of benchmark circuits.<
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