[ibis-macro] Re: An AMI Overview

  • From: "Danil Kirsanov" <dkirsanov@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:29:45 -0400

Fangyi, 

Could you please clarify it? I agree that it might be reasonable to put the 
linear part of the model in Init and non-linear part in Getwave, so that 
together they characterize the model (statistical simulator uses only the 
linear part, while the pattern-dependent always uses both).

 

But I strongly disagree that inside one model Init and GetWave can provide 
different approximations of the same algorithm (i.e. introducing 
double-counting), where statistical simulator uses Init and pattern-dependent 
simulator uses GetWave. I believe this behavior should be prohibited, since it 
makes the flow more complicated, and we can easily achieve the same result 
providing two different models (or having internal option to switch the model 
between the statistical and non-linear mode). 

 

If we have this simple rule (non-linear simulator we always uses Init and 
Getwave), the behavior of the EDA does not depend on the fact whether GetWave 
exists or not, and GetWaveExists flag becomes unnecessary (if the Simulator at 
some point figures out there is no GetWave, it just does not use it).

 

Are we on the same page here?

 

Best,

Danil

 

From: fangyi_rao@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fangyi_rao@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 7:48 PM
To: kumarchi@xxxxxxxxx; ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; dkirsanov@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ibis-macro] Re: An AMI Overview

 

Hi, Kumar;

 

What if a model wants to support non-linear time domain simulation by GetWave 
and statistical simulation by returning a LTI approximation in Init?

 

Thanks,

Fangyi

 

From: ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf Of C. Kumar
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:23 PM
To: ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; dkirsanov@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: An AMI Overview

 


i agree.. 
if the model modifies the init it is the only thing it should be doing. there 
should not be any getwave

--- On Wed, 10/14/09, Danil Kirsanov <dkirsanov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Danil Kirsanov <dkirsanov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: An AMI Overview
To: ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 6:59 PM

Dear colleagues, 

I would like to clarify one basic principle of AMI modeling, hoping that all of 
us agree with it.

 

I believe that the model writer should never do a double-counting: if he 
modified the channel impulse response in Init() to model some effect, he should 
not model this effect in Getwave(). So he cannot put the “true” model in 
GetWave() and it’s linear approximation in Init(). If both types of behavior 
are expected, there should be two models (or some internal flag that changes 
the behavior of the model).

 

If this assumption is true, statistical (linear) simulator always works with 
Init() function of the model, while pattern-dependent (non-linear) simulator 
works with both Init() and GetWave() and I do not see any necessity for 
Get_Wave_Exists flag. 

 

Best,

Danil

 

 

                                    

 

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