Using SmartSpice Compact Models

June 11, 2020 | 10:00 am – 10:30 am (PDT) This webinar will provide a guide to developing Compact Models in SmartSpice to achieve optimal simulation performance. You will learn how models are used in SmartSpice and best practices when constructing a custom Verilog-A model.

Machine Learning in the EDA-Specific Domain – 20 Years in the Making

June 25, 2020 | 10:00 am – 10:30 am (PDT) This webinar will review these new approaches and how they are applied to different applications. Example ML-based EDA tools form Silvaco will be presented to illustrate what have been achieved.

TFT and OLED SPICE Modeling Using Utmost IV

May 14th 2020 | 10:00 am – 10:30 am (PDT) In this webinar you will learn about SPICE modeling approaches and methods related to flat panel display applications using Silvaco’s Utmost IV modeling software. Topics covered include modeling of TFT devices, with emphasis on issues such as the frequency dispersion effect, and modeling of OLED devices, including the use of Verilog-A models and macromodels.

Utmost IV Quick-Start Model Optimization Templates

March 12th 2020 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am (PDT) This webinar will present a new capability available in UTMOST IV: the Quick-Start Optimization Templates. This is a feature that allows users to quickly create an optimization project for a specific model, based on their data. It significantly increases the user’s productivity, at the same time requiring little or no prior SPICE modeling experience.

Parasitic Reduction

Jivaro Parasitic Reduction for Fast, Accurate Simulation Jivaro is a unique stand-alone solution dedicated to the reduction of parasitic networks. It helps back-end verification teams speed up post-layout SPICE simulation of huge extracted parasitic circuits, while keeping high accuracy.

Circuit Rubberband

Real-time Circuit Simulation Rubberband Capability With the rubberband feature of SmartSpice and Gateway analog design improvement is made easy. Changing values of models or device instance parameters in any combination provides realtime feedback on the change in circuit performance through the rubberband capability.
SPICE Models

Circuit Simulation

SmartSpice Circuit SimulatorSilvaco’s SmartSpice™ is a high performance parallel SPICE simulator that delivers industry leading accuracy. It is a proven, comprehensive solution for applications including simulation of complex high precision analog and mixed-signal circuits, memory, custom digital design and characterizing cell libraries of advanced semiconductor processes.

Customer Case Study: Using SmartSpice to Deliver Next-Generation, Low Power Memory Systems

At our SURGE Santa Clara event in October, Cameron Fisher, CEO of Mobile Semiconductor described their experience in adopting SmartSpice as their characterization engine for creating the database for their Trailblaze™ memory compiler software. Below is a summary of his talk.