Scheduling high-level blocks for functional simulation
Zisong Wang, Peter Michael Maurer · 1989
This paper presents a method for scheduling high-level blocks for functional simulation under the assumptions that circuits may be cyclic (due to element grouping), and that blocks cannot be broken down into simpler elements. The solution presented here may simulate one block many times per clock period. Obtaining a minimal schedule for a cyclic circuit is shown to be NP-complete, and two approximation algorithms are presented, along with empirical data to evaluate their effectiveness.