PARIS Explained: A Method of Parallel Pattern Fault Simulation for Synchronous Sequential Circuits
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چکیده
Described is a method of parallel pattern fault simulation for synchronous sequential circuits that is based on parallel pattern single fault propagation for combinational circuits as described in [1]. This method of fault simulation was proposed in two independent works published in 1991 [2] and 1992 [3] that were a mere three months apart. In this paper this method shall be referred to as PARIS (PARallel Iterative Simulator) as it is known in [2]. The method exploits the inherent parallelism present in modern microprocessors to speed up fault simulation times using clever techniques and utilizing methods to lookahead during fault simulation to further decrease total simulation time.
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