Reduced overhead for massive parallel processing

A system, comprising:

• a memory, storing computer code;
• and
• at least one processor that executes the computer code to:
• receive, from a circuit design tool, partition netlists of an integrated circuit in a partition scheduler of a characterization tool;
• schedule, by at least one computer within a networked computer environment, an execution of a computational thread associated with a first partition netlist of the partition netlists by the at least one computer;
• prepare an input data set for a first task of the computational thread in a slave application, and storing the input data set in an object storage, wherein the input data set comprises a plurality of input stimuli vectors for use as inputs to the first partition netlist;
• provide the input data set to the at least one computer;
• execute, by the at least one computer in the circuit design tool, the first task in the computational thread associated with the partition netlist;
• and
• restore a state of the computer in the characterization tool when the slave application in the object storage of the characterization tool is altered in the execution of the first task.

A non-transitory, machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored in a memory which, when executed by a processor, cause a computer to perform steps in a method, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a circuit design tool, partition netlists of an integrated circuit in a partition scheduler of a characterization tool;
• scheduling, by at least one computer within a networked computer environment for the characterization tool, an execution of a computational thread associated with a first partition netlist of the partition netlists by the at least one computer;
• preparing an input data set for a first task in the computational thread in a slave application, and storing the input data set in an object storage, wherein the input data set comprises a plurality of input stimuli vectors for use as inputs to the first partition netlist;
• providing the input data set to the at least one computer;
• executing, by the at least one computer in the circuit design tool, the first task in the computational thread associated with the partition netlist;
• and
• restoring a state of the computer in the characterization tool when the slave application in an object storage of the characterization tool is altered in the execution of the first task.