strouckn@nvpna1.prl.philips.nl (Louis Stroucken 42720) (08/18/89)
This is a request for info on the Simulation Manager, a mixed-level/mixed-mode simulator system offered by Silicon Compiler Systems. Let me first summarize what I now know (based on an article in High Performance Systems of June 89): - The Simulation Manager is built around the SCS product Lsim. Lsim has for some time be provided as a part of the GDT module design environment. - The Simulation Manager provides means to couple other simulators to Lsim, allowing several simulators to cooperate in the simulation of one system. Several coupling mechanisms are provided, allowing a trade-off between efficiency and amount of work involved. I would be very grateful for any information on this product that is more solid than the above. In particular, I would like to learn more about: - algorithms used to run a multiple-simulator simulation. - impressions from seeing the product (e.g. on a demo). - experiences with actual use. - experiences with coupling simulators to the manager (How much work, how much do you need to know about the simulator's internals, are results satisfactory) - experiences with analog/digital and analog systems (The capability to simulate high-performance analog designs would be one of our requirements). Please mail any knowledge you want to share to the e-mail address below. I will post a summary of results, if there is any response. Thanks, Louis Stroucken CAD for VLSI circuits Philips Research PO Box 80000 5600 JA Eindhoven, The Netherlands phone: + 31 40 7 42720 fax: + 31 40 7 42419 e-mail: strouckn@nvpna1.prl.philips.nl