A parallel solver for steady state analysis of nonlinear circuits is presented. The solver uses the Message Passing Interface specification for communications and is suitable for steady state simulation of very large nonlinear circuits. Performance of the solver is investigated on symmetric multiprocessing, non-uniform memory access, and distributed memory computer systems. Impact of memory subsystem constraints on the solver efficiency is evaluated.
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Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:29
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Issue:
1
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Date of Publication:
Jan. 2010
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65
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77
- ISSN :
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0278-0070
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1109/TCAD.2009.2034499
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Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
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18 December 2009
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Jan. 2010
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IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation