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From: jge@jason.cs.unc.edu (John Eyles)
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Subject: Re: help with large SPICE simulations
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In article <1990Aug31.180859.17072@agate.berkeley.edu> positron@cosmic.berkeley.edu (Shigeki Misawa) writes:
>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?

Please direct inquiries about CAZM to MCNC.
I believe Steve Kenkel is the correct person (kenkel@mcnc.org).
I'm not officially connected with MCNC, just a very happy user of CAZM.

Partial atempts at answers:

it's a circuit simulator, uses charge and current tables to perform the
	simulations

runs on Convex, Vaxen, 3100, probably a lot else (I'm pretty sure not PC)

it's written in C

colleagues and I have used it to design several large (1/2 million transistor)
CMOS designs, designed to run at 40 MHz worst case; all designs worked
on first silicon at speed (but fab was nominal)

in practice, we rarely used CAZM on circuits of more than 1000 devices,
but I think the MCNC folks claim to have used it on 10's of 1000s of devices

But, like I said, talk to them, esp. for availablity, source, cost, etc.