DESIGN ISSUES IN PARALLEL SIMULATION LANGUAGES

Sequential simulation of newly designed systems such as computers and VLSI components is often very time consuming. Parallel simulation can significantly speed the process. However, appropriate language support is needed to make the complex, underlying parallel mechanisms transpa rent to users. Achieving transparency and providing functionality requ ire careful solutions to a number of parallel processing issues. The a uthors address several difficulties involved in designing languages fo r parallel discrete-event simulation and survey current approaches to these problems.