ParaSCOPE:

Parallel Shared Computational Prototyping Environment

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Objective

A parallel shared computational prototyping environment will be developed that can support a diverse set of technology computer-aided design (TCAD) applications for technology evaluation and scaling in systems applications. A heterogenous tool integration strategy will be used to support both new object-oriented modules and mature codes that efficiently share data and exploit parallel computational resources. A layered model implementation strategy, now being developed within the SPRINT-CAD project, allows flexibility to quickly create new applications. Industrial partners will help both in the development and testing of ParaSCOPE in the context of advanced technologies.

Approach

TCAD modules will be built, integrated and tested based on an object-oriented approach that both develops and uses common application procedural interfaces (API) for representation of the wafer and underlying parallel solver technologies. A heterogeneous set of process and device simulators will be integrated using common server technology and unified layered-access interfaces. The modules to be included in ParaSCOPE include the following:
  1. two- and three-dimensional device analysis, drawing from existing mature tools (i.e. PISCES and FIELDAY), that will be parallelized and applied to advanced bulk CMOS and other experimental technologies.
  2. two- and three-dimensional process simulation, based on a single modular code (PROPHET), that will be parallelized and applied to advanced transient kinetic effects that affect process scaling.
  3. one-, two- and three-dimensional deeply object-oriented model development environment, based on modules now being developed in the SPRINT-CAD project, that will parallelized and applied in totally new application domains such as simulation for interconnect modeling.


Milestones (FY-96)

  1. Prototype and demonstrate application procedural interface (API) for parallel solvers, based on experience with PISCES-MP and FIELDAY.
  2. Restructure PROPHET for parallelization with initial demonstration targeted for SGI-based parallel environment.
  3. Demonstrate heterogeneous 3D tool integration based initially on process modules PROPHET and ALAMODE.
  4. Demonstrate parallelized version of ALAMODE module, running on IBM SP/2.

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