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In this paper, we describe our experience of creating an OpenMP implementation of the SPICE3 circuit simulator program. The aim of this work is to present a case study showing the development of a shared memory parallel code with minimum effort and minimal code modification. We present our implementation and discuss the results of the case study in terms of what future compiler tools may be needed to help OpenMP application developers with similar porting goals. Our experiments, based on SRAM model simulation running on a SunFire V880 UltraSPARC-III 750 MHz with 4 CPUs, are promising.
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Weng, TH., Perng, RK., Chapman, B. (2008). OpenMP Implementation of SPICE3 Circuit Simulator. In: Mueller, M.S., Chapman, B.M., de Supinski, B.R., Malony, A.D., Voss, M. (eds) OpenMP Shared Memory Parallel Programming. IWOMP 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4315. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68555-5_29
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