A distributed system for microelectronic algorithms

Abstract

Microelectronics tools tend to consume large amounts of memory and processor time. When circuit size outgrows the resources available on a station, its time for a scalable tool architecture. Applied to design rule checking of jlattened masks, this distributed; object-oriented architecture summons together the power of small, cheap desktop computers. The distributed system enables processing of larger circuits, assigning distinct parts of the problem to each machine. Larger circuits can be tested and testing time reduced as more computers are aggregated to the process.