The availability of the annotation software, its ease of use, and the ease of integration into the simulation database is an important concern. The ability to specify these loads and to have their delays included in the simulation database is another item of concern. If this feature is not available, the computation must be manually performed. The workstation may offer several methods of simulation and timing verification. Data can be displayed in binary, octal, decimal and hex format.
Sample size is restricted.
No waveforms are requested. If any other workstation is used, the output of that simulator must also be reformatted. Rules Checking Regardless of the implementation selected, the design must be simulated and the parts tested. The rules required by the array vendor must be clearly stated and it is increasingly desirable to have some form of rules check software available to help the designer. Some basic toggle tests are also included.