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Spectre simulation not running at C-extraction level

Debasish
Debasish over 12 years ago

I am getting errors during spectre simulation at C-extracted level. The circuit is getting simulated at schematic level. C-extraction is done using Assura41. The spectre version,OS and error message are listed below. I got this error message by running the simulation from terminal window using./runsimulation. The log file is also pasted below.

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 IC5 Sub version: sub-version 5.10.41.500.6.151 (32-bit addresses)

Debian Linux ti15 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Sun May 6 04:00:17 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 /cad/tools/cadencetools/mmsim_7_2/tools/bin/spectre: line 267:  1933 Killed        ${APPBINPATH}/${PROGRAM} "$@" 0<&3

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Cadence (R) Virtuoso (R) Spectre (R) Circuit Simulator
Version 7.2.0.373.isr13 64bit -- 25 Sep 2010
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User: ee11s004   Host: ti15   HostID: 70A7333   PID: 1933
Memory  available: 14.3608 GB  physical: 16.7498 GB
CPU Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
          Processor PhysicalID CoreID Frequency
              0         0        0     1600.0
              1         0        1     1600.0
              2         0        2     1600.0
              3         0        3     1600.0
              4         0        0     1600.0
              5         0        1     1600.0
              6         0        2     1600.0
              7         0        3     1600.0


Simulating `input.scs' on ti15 at 11:00:31 AM, Wed Jun 12, 2013 (process id: 1933).
Command line:
     \
        /cad/tools/cadencetools/mmsim_7_2/tools.lnx86/spectre/bin/64bit/spectre  \
        -env artist5.1.0 +escchars +log ../psf/spectre.out -format sst2  \
        -raw ../psf +lqtimeout 900 -maxw 5 -maxn 5 +aps input.scs  \
        +error +warn

Loading /cad/tools/cadencetools/mmsim_7_2/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/64bit/5.0/libinfineon_sh.so ...
Loading /cad/tools/cadencetools/mmsim_7_2/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/64bit/5.0/libphilips_sh.so ...
Loading /cad/tools/cadencetools/mmsim_7_2/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/64bit/5.0/libsparam_sh.so ...
Loading /cad/tools/cadencetools/mmsim_7_2/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/64bit/5.0/libstmodels_sh.so ...
Auto-loading AHDL component.
Finished loading AHDL component in 0 s (elapsed).
Installed AHDL simulation interface.
Time for NDB Parsing: CPU = 5.94037 s, elapsed = 10.2763 s.
Time accumulated: CPU = 5.94037 s, elapsed = 10.2763 s.
Peak resident memory used = 423 Mbytes.

Existing shared object for module res_va is up to date.
Installed compiled interface for res_va.
Existing shared object for module db_bin2dec is up to date.
Installed compiled interface for db_bin2dec.

Notice from spectre during circuit read-in.
    "input.scs" 1116: Remove instances `I1|I2|I2|I1|I1|I7409|avD59_1' because its terminals connected together.
    "input.scs" 1118: Remove instances `I1|I2|I2|I1|I1|I7410|avD59_1' because its terminals connected together.
    "input.scs" 1120: Remove instances `I1|I2|I2|I1|I1|I7411|avD59_1' because its terminals connected together.
    "input.scs" 1122: Remove instances `I1|I2|I2|I1|I1|I7412|avD59_1' because its terminals connected together.
    "input.scs" 1124: Remove instances `I1|I2|I2|I1|I1|I8427|avD59_1' because its terminals connected together.
        Further occurrences of this notice will be suppressed.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 12 years ago

    OK, looks as if spectre is crashing during parsing/elaboration of the netlist. After trying the latest hotfix of MMSIM12.1 (assuming that doesn't fix it - currently you're using the base version), you'll need to contact customer support with a testcase showing the issue.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 12 years ago

    OK, looks as if spectre is crashing during parsing/elaboration of the netlist. After trying the latest hotfix of MMSIM12.1 (assuming that doesn't fix it - currently you're using the base version), you'll need to contact customer support with a testcase showing the issue.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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