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by Shobana Sudhakar & Rohit Jain, Mentor Graphics
Running a parallel simulation may be as easy as flipping on a switch with the progressive and maturing solutions available today, but do people really take full advantage of the technology? It is true that in some scenarios the overhead of communication and synchronization needed for parallel simulation can negate any substantial performance gains. However, there are scenarios where deploying the parallel simulation technology can provide tremendous benefit. A long running simulation that exercises large blocks of a design concurrently and independently is one good example.
Designers need to be aware of the factors that can inhibit the advantages of parallel simulations, even in these
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