As 90nm and 65nm designs become mainstream, engineers face the onerous task of simulating and verifying larger designs within rapidly shortening design cycles. As a result, next generation Fast-SPICE simulators will need to incorporate a range of radical approaches.
Dr. Ramon Acosta is vice president of Engineering at Nascentric, where he is guiding the development of Nascim, its nextgeneration Fast SPICE simulation tool. Prior to Nascentric, he held senior management roles at several successful start-ups including Pervasive Software.
T he explosion in consumer electronics, especially in the wireless/handheld devices marketplace, has placed a tremendous technical and business burden on engineers in the design of these products. Design teams carry the responsibility of catering to often conflicting and always challenging product specifications. The product needs to be optimized on multiple demand vectors with little or no maneuverability on the specifications and must hit a high-volume market within a very small time-window.
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