Spectre Accelerated Parallel Simulator

In this course, you use the Cadence^® Spectre^® Accelerated Parallel Simulator (APS), part of Virtuoso^® Multi-Mode Simulation, to perform advanced SPICE-accurate simulation for faster convergence on design goals while offering scalable performance and capacity over the baseline Spectre Circuit Simulator. You examine how the proprietary full-matrix solving technology in Spectre Accelerated Parallel Simulator delivers unparalleled scalability and multithreading capability using modern multi-core computing platforms.

You then verify the circuit performance and identify the potential failure modes using the Checks/Asserts feature of Virtuoso ADE Explorer with APS.

You also learn how to perform post-layout simulation with Spectre APS. You identify stitching of parasitics (DSPF, SPEF, and DPF files) and inclusion of parasitic files for post-layout simulation. Finally, you enable post-layout optimization (+postlayout) to perform parasitic reduction.