[ibis-macro] FW: Question on clock_times

  • From: "Muranyi, Arpad" <Arpad_Muranyi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:37:56 -0700

Kumar,
 
So are you saying that the vector can begin
with a bunch of -1 and then have valid number
later in the vector?  Lie this:
 
-1 -1 -1 -1 # # # # # # # # -1 -1 -1 -1
 
If this is true, is it also true that you can
have alternating -1 and good values in the
vector?  Like this?
 
-1 -1 -1 -1 # # # # # # # # -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 # # # # # # # # -1
-1 -1 -1
 
Arpad
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From: C. Kumar [mailto:kumarchi@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 3:29 PM
To: Muranyi, Arpad
Subject: Re: [ibis-macro] Question on clock_times


arpad:
let me take shot at this

1. Yes -1 indicates end of clock vector

2. clock vector is the clocks associated with the particular wave vector
in the particular getwave call.

3. some models can have delayed start for returning a clock vector. 
   Once a legitimate clock vector is returned , the eda tool is expected
to use that information to sample the  wave 
returned by the getwave call. Other wise the eda tool may rely on its
own devices to sample the wave, (usually this is an 'ideal' clock)

4. some models may modify the wave form but may never return a clock
vector. (i.e -1 in the first position)





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From: "Muranyi, Arpad" <Arpad_Muranyi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, March 26, 2010 4:08:16 PM
Subject: [ibis-macro] Question on clock_times

Hello AMI experts,

I would like to ask a question about the clock_times vector.
The spec says that "The last clock in indicated by putting a
value of -1 at the and of clocks for the current wave sample".

We got a DLL from a vendor which seems to fill the vector
for the first few GetWave calls with -1 and then it starts
filling it with good numbers.

What is the interpretation of the specification?  First,
does the above text refer to the entire vector, or each
little section independently that a single GetWave call
returns?

If it is for the entire vector, then having -1 in the first
few thousand locations would mean that everything else
after that is garbage, correct?

If it is per GetWave call, is the EDA tool expected to
assemble something from bits and pieces that are returned
by the various GetWave calls?

Thanks,

Arpad
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