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From: John Sheahan <jrsheahan@o...>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 10:10:27 +1100
Subject: Re: Re: [oc] Real newbie questions
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 02:35:46PM -0000, tanveer tan wrote:
> !!! r there any syntheesizable testbenches??
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> tanveer
Sure.
I worked with quickturn emulators a while back.
These are either arrays of FPGA's with software to spread
out the design, or arrays of dedicated special tiny CPUs.
They are there to simulate a big design fast.
(close to real time)
Here, the simulator running the testbench is the bottleneck.
Using a synthesizeable testbench, together with RAM is one solution.
Its perhaps possible to argue an IC tester is another example.
john
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