Daniel Payne
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Here's a list of EDA vendors offering SPICE, and FastSPICE circuit simulators. Let me know if I missed any and I'll update the post.
Which circuit simulators do you use?
Which one is your favorite?
Which need some improvements?
SPICE
Which circuit simulators do you use?
Which one is your favorite?
Which need some improvements?
SPICE
- HSPICE, Synopsys. On the market for 30 years now.
- Spectre, Cadence. IC oriented.
- PSpice, Cadence. System oriented.
- APS, Cadence. Parallel.
- Eldo, Mentor.
- FineSim SPICE, Magma. Parallel.
- RASER, Infinisim.
- SmartSpice, Silvaco.
- T-Spice, Tanner EDA.
- MSIM, Legend Design.
- ACCIT, ACCIT New Systems Research. GPU powered.
- Ngspice, Open Source.
- Gnucap, Open Source, not based on SPICE.
- Qucs, Open Source, GUI and schematics.
- SIMetrix SPICE, SIMetrix (also SIMPLIS for PLL, switching, complex modulation simulation)
- IsSpice4, Intusoft.
- LTspice IV, Linear Technology. Focus on switching regulators, includes schematics and waveform viewer.
- NI Multisim, National Instruments. Part of Electronics Workbench.
- Analog FastSPICE, Berkeley DA. Parallel.
- PCSIM - Cybereda. Parallel.
- HSIM, Synopsys. Hierarchical.
- NanoSIM, Synopsys.
- XA, Synopsys. Next generation.
- CustomSim, Synopsys. Combined: HSIM, NanoSim, XA.
- UltraSim, Cadence. Hierarchical.
- ADiT, Mentor.
- FineSim PRO, Magma. Multi-CPU.
- Turbo MSIM, Legend Design. Hierarchical.
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