Quoting "David Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I guess I'd have to ask what you are trying to accomplish. Yes, CPU vendors run simulations of the CPU, it's part of the design. But, I don't think this would be very useful to someone who wasn't trying to verify the CPU itself. They generally run millions of times slower than the actual CPU, so don't make for a very pleasant experience of running software.
And from what I understand.. it can takes days to emulate even a few clock ticks from the designs. There are/were some hw systems that could far outpace software testing at one point (Ikos comes to mind) but last I heard, general computing CPUs had outpaced them.. and they were crazy expensive too.
Having an IC design/layout is a LOT different then having an emulation of the finished process(or).
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