Efficient deployment of table lookup (TLU) in an enterprise-level scalable circuit simulation architecture

1. A method for conducting numerical analysis, the method comprising:

defining a plurality of components in a system and a condition to be statistically analyzed;

performing a table look-up for individual components of the plurality of components;

acquiring a result for the condition to be statistically analyzed based on information in a table when a component of the plurality of components is defined in the table;

conducting the statistical analysis of the system using the result based on the information in the table for the component, wherein a result of the statistical analysis of the conducting the statistical analysis of the system is applied to a statistical circuit simulation that runs multiple circuit simulations of a structure of a circuit on various parameter settings of the individual components;

designing the circuit from integrated circuits based on the result of the conducting the statistical analysis of the system, wherein the designing the circuit from integrated circuits is implemented in manufacturing the integrated circuits;

if the component is defined in the table and the table does not include the condition to be statistically analyzed, determining if the condition to be statistically analyzed is possible to be interpolated from existing conditions for the component in the table; and

if it is possible to interpolate the condition to be statistically analyzed, then interpolating existing conditions for the component in the table to obtain the condition to be statistically analyzed and transferring results of the interpolating to a simulation.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the component defined in the table includes a result corresponding to the condition to be statistically analyzed.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising interpolating the result based on other conditions, different from the condition, for the component in the table.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising uploading components of the plurality of components and results of the components to the table.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the component defined in the table is stored in the table and is identified by a unique topic.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the table is simultaneously sharable among users.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the system comprises the circuit and the component comprises a transistor.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the condition includes an input voltage.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising rounding the condition prior to performing the table look-up based on a scale of the table.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform a method, the method comprising:

defining a plurality of components in a system and a condition to be statistically analyzed;

performing a table look-up for individual components of the plurality of components;

acquiring a result for the condition to be statistically analyzed based on information a table when a component of the plurality of components is defined in the table;

conducting the statistical analysis of the system using the result based on the information in the table for the component, wherein a result of the statistical analysis of the conducting the statistical analysis of the system is applied to a statistical circuit simulation that runs multiple circuit simulations of a structure of a circuit on various parameter settings of the individual components,

designing the circuit from integrated circuits based on the result of the conducting the statistical analysis of the system, wherein the designing the circuit from integrated circuits is implemented in manufacturing the integrated circuits;

if the component is defined in the table and the table does not include the condition to be statistically analyzed, determining if the condition to be statistically analyzed is possible to be interpolated from existing conditions for the component in the table; and

if it is possible to interpolate the condition to be statistically analyzed, then interpolating existing conditions for the component in the table to obtain the condition to be statistically analyzed and transferring results of the interpolating to a simulation.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the component defined in the table includes a result corresponding to the condition to be statistically analyzed.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 10 , further comprising, interpolating the result based on other conditions, different from the condition, for the component in the table.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 10 , further comprising uploading components of the plurality of components and results of the components to the table.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the component stored in the table is identified by a unique tuple.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the table is simultaneously sharable among users.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the system comprises a circuit and the component comprises a transistor.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the condition includes an input voltage, and

wherein the system comprises a weather model and the component comprises one of wind, heat, and current.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises rounding the condition prior to performing the table look-up based on a scale of the table.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:

if the component is defined in the table, or if the condition to be statistically analyzed is impossible to be interpolated from existing conditions for the component in the table, then the simulation conducting an analysis for the system to design the circuit.