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wliu2006 New Member Offline Posts: 2	Hspice or Spectre? Apr 14^th, 2008, 2:30am Well I am a newcomer in analog design. The first question is which CAD tool to use. I think accuracy is my primary concern. So Hspice or Spectre? Please help me and give me some advice. Thanks a lot!
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pancho_hideboo

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Re: Hspice or Spectre?
Reply #1 - Apr 14^th, 2008, 3:13am

wliu2006 wrote on Apr 14^th, 2008, 2:30am:

Well I am a newcomer in analog design. The first question is which CAD tool to use.
I think accuracy is my primary concern. So Hspice or Spectre?
Please help me and give me some advice.
Thanks a lot!

You had better post such issue to Circuit Simulators not RF Simulators.

Regarding accuracy, both are almost same.
So choose which one you buy according to money you have. Spectre is expensive than HSPICE even though HSPICE RF is included.

http://www.edaboard.com/viewtopic.php?t=303209&highlight=

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Re: Hspice or Spectre?
Reply #2 - Apr 16^th, 2008, 5:25pm

pancho_hideboo wrote on Apr 14^th, 2008, 3:13am:

wliu2006 wrote on Apr 14^th, 2008, 2:30am:

Well I am a newcomer in analog design. The first question is which CAD tool to use.
I think accuracy is my primary concern. So Hspice or Spectre?
Please help me and give me some advice.
Thanks a lot!

You had better post such issue to Circuit Simulators not RF Simulators.

Regarding accuracy, both are almost same.
So choose which one you buy according to money you have. Spectre is expensive than HSPICE even though HSPICE RF is included.

http://www.edaboard.com/viewtopic.php?t=303209&highlight=

Thank you for your kind reply.

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Re: Hspice or Spectre?
Reply #3 - Apr 24^th, 2008, 5:28pm

SmartSpice(RF) of Simucad is cheaper than HSPICE.
http://www.simucad.com/products/circuit_simulation/smartspice.html
http://www.simucad.com/products/RFsimulation/smartSpiceRF.html

About transient analysis, SmartSpice enoughly competes with HSPICE regarding speed and accuracy.
So accuracy of transient analysis of SmartSpice is almost same as Spectre.

Since SmartSpice is cheaper than HSPICE, it is far cheaper than Spectre.

But I don't know about perfomance as RF simulator.

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