Archive for: October 2008

October 3, 2008

CTO Chat: Infinisim announce RASER. What’s the story?

With the announcement of RASER, Infinisim targets large mixed-signal circuits that demand high-precision and rapid turnaround. Offering the first commercial realization of dynamic mixed-mode simulation, RASER pushes the state of circuit simulation art forward a step or two. Will it …

October 14, 2008

Voltage drop analysis and verification - the two-step or decoupled approach

Filed under: Voltage Drop Analysis - 14 Oct 2008

The vast majority of voltage drop analysis tools employ a two-step, or decoupled, method. in this, currents are acquired with the power net replaced by a constant voltage source. While this makes the problem much more tractable, it also serves …

October 27, 2008

Why aren’t EDA tools more precise?

Filed under: Catch All - 27 Oct 2008

Why can’t EDA verification tools, particularly circuit simulation and parasitic extraction/reduction tools, deliver precise results at the finest level of resolution supported by the computer architecture? For today’s machines that would mean full double precision supporting 15 significant digits. And …

October 29, 2008

Gemini uncloaks, announcing threaded SPICE. We talk with them to find out more.

Filed under: Circuit Simulation, SPICE, Simulation - 29 Oct 2008

After three and a half years in development, Gemini Design Technology last week unveiled their threaded circuit simulation technology, claiming performance of up to 30X faster than traditional SPICE simulators, and up to 10X faster than previous generations of threaded …