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From: richards@mcnc.org (William R. Richards Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.lsi
Subject: Re: help with large SPICE simulations
Message-ID: <2543@speedy.mcnc.org>
Date: 31 Aug 90 20:26:26 GMT
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> >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.

CAzM from MCNC can be had for a song ($150 for educational inst.). jeri@mcnc.org
may be contacted for licensing information. It runs on most UNIX machines, the
source code is comes with the binaries, it is written mostly in C, over 50 site
licenses have been issued and you can get a tape directly from MCNC. If you want
some more technical info, Gary Nifong (gbn@mcnc.org) may be contacted...
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