RIA: Partitioning of VLSI Systems for Distributed Simulation

张伯伦的这项研究是关于在多处理器体系结构上用于分布式仿真的VLSI系统的划分方法。该方法是使用VLSI系统和分布式仿真算法的知识来以最小化分布式仿真的执行时间的方式执行系统部件到处理器的划分和分配。该方法的核心是初始分区，该分区在收集有关模拟工作负载的信息时进行优化。通过这种方式，将组件分配给处理器可以利用在模拟运行之前未知(因此不可用)的测量数据。该方法有三个阶段：1.正在开发用于电路部件的初始分区的算法；2.正在开发将分区分配给处理器的手段；以及3.正在设计用于将部件从一个处理器迁移到另一个处理器的规则。

Chamberlain This research is on approaches to partitioning VLSI systems for distributed simulation on multiprocessor architectures. The approach is to use knowledge of a VLSI system and the distributed simulation algorithms to perform a partitioning and assignment of system components to processors in a manner that minimizes the execution time of the distributed simulation. Central to the approach is an initial partitioning that is refined as information is gathered about the simulation workload. In this way assignment of components to processors can take advantage of measured data that is unknown (and therefore unavailable) prior to the simulation run. The approach has three phases: 1. Algorithms for initial partitioning of the circuit components are being developed; 2. Means of assigning partitions to processors are being developed; and 3. Rules for migrating components from one processor to another are being devised.