Fault simulation of VLSI circuits takes considerable computing resources and there have been significant efforts to speed up the fault simulation process. A distributed fault simulator implemented on a loosely-coupled network of general-purpose computers is described. The techniques used result in a close to linear speedup and can be used effectively in most industrial VLSI CAD (computer-aided design) environments.<
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Design Automation Conference, 1988. Proceedings., 25th ACM/IEEE
Date of Conference: 12-15 June 1988