Adding CPU time as a measurement in ADE Assembler

Dear sidm,

sidm said:

is there a way to directly see the simulation CPU time (wall clock  time) as a measurement in the  ADE Assembler Results tab? or a way to add it in the Outputs Setup tab ?

I include the following commands in my .cdsinit file to display various job statistics as outputs in Assembler. These commands will work starting with IC 6.1.8 ISR14 and ICADVM20.1.

envSetVal("maestro.results" "enableRunStatisticInfoDisplay" 'boolean t)

; You can customize which items you would like to be displayed using
; the “defaultRunStatisticItems” environment variable like following:

envSetVal("maestro.results" "defaultRunStatisticItems" 'string "memory,threads,jobId,host,startTime,endTime,elapsedTime")

Do you think this might meet your needs sidm?

I also have a UNIX script that complies the run time for each individual job and puts them in a format to use with a Microsoft Excel workbook template to plot a histogram of the run times. I've included an example of its output. Let me know if you are interested if the latter does not meet your needs.

Shawn

thanks Shawn for the reply, 

yes it will be great if you can script and how to use it as I have more than 100 jobs and need to record the time taken for each of those jobs.

regards

thanks Shawn for the reply, 

yes it will be great if you can script and how to use it as I have more than 100 jobs and need to record the time taken for each of those jobs.

regards

You could of course just enable:

envSetVal("maestro.results" "enableRunStatisticInfoDisplay" 'boolean t)

(the default is to output all the statistics), and then change to detailed transpose, and then hit the "Save" button to save to CSV. I'm sure you could then manipulate the elapsedTime column in a spreadsheet...

Andrew

thanks for the reply , I ran the below 2 commands in CIW just to be sure that they are set to true,.but I still don't see the additional parameters in the Results tab even after restarting the assembler view. Am I missing something here ? 

envSetVal("maestro.results" "enableRunStatisticInfoDisplay" 'boolean t)

envSetVal("maestro.results" "defaultRunStatisticItems" 'string "memory,threads,jobId,host,startTime,endTime,elapsedTime")

thanks 

Dear sidm,

sidm said:

yes it will be great if you can script and how to use it as I have more than 100 jobs and need to record the time taken for each of those jobs.

If you still have an interest, I have placed a compressed file with the UNIX scripts, a README file, and a Microsoft Excel file that you may use to automatically create histograms of your simulation times from an Assembler run. The contents of the README file are below the link.

Let me know if I can answer any questions if you happen to want to try it.

Shawn

The compressed file is at URL:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vfowskyj6da0uly/check_timexl_101922.zip?dl=0

README file contents:

1. Place UNIX scripts check_timexl and find_timexl at the top level of your
Assembler/Explorer results directory.
2. Alternatively, place in your ~/bin directory if ~/bin is in your UNIX
search path
3. Make each file executable with the following commands:

$ chmod +x check_timexl
$ chmod +x find_timexl

4. File find_timexl is called by check_timexl
5. To create a comma-separated file with all simulation times for a given
dataset, for example, Interactive.1, enter the command:

$ check_timexl 1

check_timexl will scan all the simulation output logs in Interactive.1 and
create a comma-separated-variable file "check_timexl.csv".

6. Download file "check_timexl.csv" amd replace contents of tab "" in Microsoft
Excel workbook "sim_time_check_timexl_sml_041522.xlsx". Optionally enter desciption
of circuit simulated and details in tab "Variables_and_instructions". The
workbook automatically creates histograms of the simulation times in
hours, seconds, and days.

sml 10/19/22

thanks a ton ! Shawn I will surely use the script 

But can you please also share some insights on why I still don't see the additional parameters in the Results tab even after restarting the assembler view. Am I missing something here ? I was expecting to see an additional row added in the Results window something like transtime or something similar... 

envSetVal("maestro.results" "enableRunStatisticInfoDisplay" 'boolean t)

envSetVal("maestro.results" "defaultRunStatisticItems" 'string "memory,threads,jobId,host,startTime,endTime,elapsedTime")

thanks 

Did you re-run the simulations after settings those env vars? It doesn't record the data (I believe) if you didn't run with those settings. Also, I'm assuming there was no warning in the CIW when you entered them - which would happen if you're using too old a version. I can't quite remember when these were introduced. Just checked, it was IC6.1.8 ISR14 and ICADVM20.1 - see How to get resource usage and simulation run statistics displayed in the results tab in ADE Assembler or Explorer

Andrew

Hi Andrew, 

yes I re-ran the simulation after re-starting Assembler view.

What are the measurement names that I should be expecting to see in the Results tab of the assembler view. 

I am using IC6.1.8-64b.500.27

regards

The article I linked to shows the outputs you'd expect. They are called things like this:

sim_Peak_Memory: Peak memory consumption for Spectre
sim_Threads_Used: Number of threads used by Spectre
sim_JobId: LSF job identifier, shown only when you are using the LBS distribution method
sim_Host_Name: Name of the host on which simulation was run
sim_Circuit_Nodes: The node number in the Spectre inventory
sim_Started_Time: Start time of the simulation run
sim_Finished_Time: End time of the simulation run
sim_Elapsed_Time: Elapsed time of the Spectre simulation run

Is your simulator "spectre"? This won't work for non-Cadence simulators (I believe; I've not checked though).

Andrew

thanks Andrew yes I am using SpectreX though my simulator is set to AMS as  I am running AMS simulations. I also don't see the Run Statistics option (after running the  envSetVal command) as shown in the article link you shared - 

I've just checked running AMS, and it works fine. I even checked running with Monte Carlo, and also running with Explorer - the only issue I'm aware of is that running a single run in Explorer does not show the statistics (there's a CCR for this), but you said you're using Assembler.

I've just realised why this is probably not working - in the article I linked it, it makes it clear at the beginning that you must have your job setup to use LSCS not ICRP (under Options->Job Setup). It is not supported with the older ICRP flow.

Andrew

Thanks for the checking Andrew, yes I am using Assembler and ICRP. I will try switching to LSCS 

Will this feature also work with Job setup -> Distribution method -> Local mode ?

regards