| Publication Type |
technical report |
| School or College |
College of Engineering |
| Department |
Computing, School of |
| Creator |
Grodstein, Joel |
| Title |
Sisyphus, an environment for simulation |
| Date |
1986-12 |
| Description |
Sisyphus is an environment for the simulation of integrated circuits (ICs). It supports hierarchical simulation from the functional block level down to circuit analysis. Sisyphus develops a new hierarchical wire model (based on that of Sable) which facilitates the accurate simulation of incomplete designs. Sisyphus provides a testbed for the coding of new algorithms; the coding of existing algorithms has been accomplished, using Sisyphus resources, in a fraction of the effort needed elsewhere. It also supports a wide range of simulation algorithms including Iterated Timing Analysis and Mossim; different simulation algorithms are integrated via partitioning a circuit into subnetworks, and simulating each with the most appropriate algorithms. The possibility of combining multiple simulation algorithms, each where it is most effective, is shown to result in significantly faster or more accurate simulation The design perspective of Sisyphus, its implementation, and the results of using Sisyphus are examined here. |
| Type |
Text |
| Subject |
sisyphus; computer program language; computer programming; ICs |
| Language |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
Grodstein, J. (1986). Sisyphus, an environment for simulation. |
| Series |
University of Utah Computer Science Technical Report |
| Relation is Part of |
ARPANET |
| Format Medium |
application/pdf |
| Format Extent |
36,669,290 bytes |
| File Name |
Grodstein-Sisyphus_An_Environment.pdf |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6fj4j3j |
| Setname |
ir_computersa |
| ID |
98540 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fj4j3j |
