Using SPICE to simulate an electrical circuit is a common enough practice in engineering that “SPICEing a circuit” is a perfectly valid phrase in the lexicon. SPICE as a software tool has been around ...

Cadence Design Systems is striking back against Synopsys with a new software tool that speeds up simulations that help engineers test new semiconductor blueprints before moving onto production. The ...

Distributor RS has added a circuit simulator to its DesignSpark tools. The browser-based tool is rebadged PartQuest Explore from Siemens. “In partnership with Siemen’s PartQuest Explore team, all ...

Synopsys, one of the largest vendors of electronic-design-automation (EDA) software, rolled out a unified suite of simulation software that promises to speed up the design of systems-on-a-chip (SoCs), ...

In our recent survey, we asked you about the design and simulation tools that you used at work. This includes the simple schematic capture (drawing) tools at one end of the spectrum and the ...

Every electrical engineer who does DIY projects knows that dozens of free resistor calculators are out there that can save quite a bit of tedious work. Other simple tools can be found, but ...

WILSONVILLE, Ore., Jun. 07, 2016 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that it has achieved tape-out sign-off certification of the Calibre physical verification platform and ...

Today the Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) announced that it is leading a novel quantum simulation project in collaboration with partners at the Leibniz Supercomputing centre (LRZ) to ...

This paper concerns guidelines to support successful SSO analysis for Chip-Package- Board systems. The procedures detailed address extraction and circuit simulation application of high node-count ...

The convergence of processor cores, memory blocks and other analog circuitry on systems-on-a-chip for wireless, networking and multimedia consumer electronics is proceeding apace, levying increased ...