Hirofumi Hamamura

Logic simulation system using simulation processor (SP)

A special-purpose logic simulation processor (SP) and a software system for the SP for use in verifying the design of computers and other logic devices are described. The system can evaluate a logic circuit containing 4 million logic primitives and 32 Mbytes of memory at a maximum speed of 800 million active primitive evaluations per second. An outline is given of the hardware architecture, and a software system that optimizes hardware performance is discussed.<<ETX>>

A physical design methodology for 1.3 GHz SPARC 64 microprocessor

We present a physical design methodology that was applied to the design of Fujitsu 1.3 GHz SPARC 64 microprocessor. A tool-set called GigaGate was developed based on this methodology. The goal of GigaGate is to support the design team to complete the high-performance microprocessor design on schedule.