Most portable systems comprise analog interface circuits and a core digital signal processing or computation engine. The objective of this work long-term is to extend our previous results to meet the objectives of very low power and low voltage operation. Accelerating the simulation of large mixed analog-digital integrated circuits is vital to the reliability of today's and future IC designs.
Parallel processing offers a viable means way to speed up mixed simulation.
One goal of our current project is to develop parallel computing approaches to analog-digital simulation that are low in cost. This project addresses consumer expectations for products that are smaller, cheaper, and faster and, therefore, based on electronic components with reduced power requirements. We will then implement several architectures to verify the optimizations and compare area requirements. The design of integrated circuits that operate at radio frequencies is quickly becoming extremely important because of the proliferation of products that use wireless communications. Also, virtually everyone involved in the design of ICs is aware of the strong push to operate at ever-decreasing supply voltages .