In this paper, we present parallel algorithms for logic and fault simulation, developed for and implemented on the Cray Y-MP supercomputer, a general purpose sharedmemory parallel machine with vector processors. The parallel-and-vector version of the event-driven logic simulation algorithm achieves a speedup of 52 on the Cray Y-MP with 8 processors, with a maximum performance of about 2 million events per second. These results are comparable to the performance of hardware simulation engines and can be implemented on other parallel machines without major modifications. The second algorithm is a parallel and vector version of the parallel fault simulation algorithm. Experimental results on benchmark circuits [1] show that very high evaluation rates (20 to 32×10 9 evaluations/s.) can be achieved. Speedup factors of 45 to 69 are observed between the scalar and the parallel and vector execution of the fault simulator.
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