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From: positron@cosmic.berkeley.edu (Shigeki Misawa)
Newsgroups: comp.lsi
Subject: Re: help with large SPICE simulations
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Date: 31 Aug 90 18:08:59 GMT
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In-Reply-To: jge@jason.cs.unc.edu (John Eyles)

>>In article <9008301934.AA11065@fermat.Mayo.edu> buchs@MAYO.EDU (Kevin J. Buchs) writes:
>>>We need to do some large SPICE simulations in terms of devices and
>>>simulation time. 

>At the risk of sounding like a broken record, you might want to take a
>look of CAZM, the simulator built by the Microelectronics Center of
>North Carolina. It's a LOT faster than SPICE (roughly 10X) and gives
>very similar results. It uses SPICE models and circuit descriptions but
>has a considerably nicer command language. It also has better convergence
>behavior. I think they now support the kinds of devices you mentioned.
>For details try kenkel@mcnc.org (Steve Kenkel).

So what is CAZM, what does it run on, is the source code available, what
language is it written in , how much does it cost, who uses it, and where
can I get a copy?

Shigeki Misawa - UCB Physics Department.