Re: Re: [oc] Real newbie questions

[John Sheahan <jrsheahan@optushome.com.au>]

On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 02:35:46PM -0000, tanveer  tan wrote:
> !!! r there any syntheesizable testbenches??
> 
> 
> 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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