C++ Design and Implementation Challenges in Technology Computer Aided Design Frameworks
Goodwin Chin, IBM T. J. Watsion Labs; Dharini Sitaraman, Chung Yang, & Martin Giles, University of Michigan
Interoperability of physical simulation tools is often cumbersome due to dif- ferences in domain representation. The Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD) community (1) has realized this problem and is working on providing an object-oriented interface for representing and manipulating the state of a semiconductor wafer during process and device simulation, the Semiconduc- tor Wafer Representation (SWR) [1, 2, 3]. We describe an implementation of components of a 3D SWR designed to support the needs of many TCAD simulators. A set of classes provide support for solid modeling operations, mesh refinement operations, and data interchange. A layered memory subsystem allows either uniprocess or client/server operation. Run-time type identification provides dynamic extensibility of data types.
author = {Goodwin Chin and Dharini Sitaraman and Chung Yang and Martin Giles},
title = {C++ Design and Implementation Challenges in Technology Computer Aided Design Frameworks},
booktitle = {USENIX 6th C++ Technical Conference (USENIX 6th C++ Technical Conference)},
year = {1994},
address = {Cambridge, MA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenix-6th-c-technical-conference/c-design-and-implementation-challenges-technology},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = apr
}