Today's complex memory and SoC designs need high accuracy and fast simulation to function as intended and meet chip specifications. It's essential to include post-layout parasitics in the chip verification process, especially for advanced-node designs, to account for layout effects on chip functionality. Leveraging a FastSPICE engine built from the ground up, the Cadence® Spectre® FX Simulator delivers performance and accuracy improvements for full-chip and subsystem-level designs.
Performance Gains
Up to 3X speed up over the latest FastSPICE simulators while delivering equal or better accuracy and high capacity
Scalability
Up to 32 cores with multi-threading to parallelize transient simulations for improved productivity
Easy to Use
Out-of-the-box, intuitive use model requires minimal tuning for optimal accuracy/performance balance
Ease of Adoption
Seamless integration into Cadence Virtuoso® ADE Product Suite provides easy adoption into Spectre and SPICE flows
Expanded Verification
Extensive verification capabilities and comprehensive analyses
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Comprehensive analyses and verification capabilities – Static and dynamic circuit checking, alters, sweeps, and Monte Carlo analyses expand the scope of verification beyond functionality, timing, and power checks - Easy-to-use presets – Four easy-to-use presets allow quick tradeoffs across performance, capacity, and accuracy without having to tinker inside the engine
- Post-layout simulation – High capacity and advanced RC reduction handle 10s of millions of RC parasitics in DSPF, SPEF, and extracted SPICE formats with both direct-inclusion and parasitic back-annotation capabilities
- Debugging capabilities – Debugging capabilities to find and fix design problems quickly and effectively, including Tcl interactive mode for run time debugging and Save-Restore to save computation time
- Built on top of Spectre framework – Easily consumes all the device models qualified by the world’s foundries to provide continuity with the rest of the solvers in the Spectre Simulation Platform
