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Message started by mg777 on Jan 25^th, 2007, 5:37am

Title: System simulator choices
Post by mg777 on Jan 25^th, 2007, 5:37am

I've used <Math> and <EDA> to avoid a debate on specific tools. That can be the subject of a poll in its own right.

Title: Re: System simulator choices
Post by aaron_do on Feb 20^th, 2007, 10:34pm

Just wondering, for the front end up to but not including the ADC, how necessary is a system simulator? What are you trying to find?

thanks,
Aaron

Title: Re: System simulator choices
Post by mg777 on Feb 22^nd, 2007, 2:05am

Thank you for the lone reply to my question!

I wanted to know how many analog designers perform the fabled/mythical 'top level simulation' in order to determine circuit level specs. To ask the same question in a different way: plot a graph with Y axis as manufacturing yield and X axis as a composite figure-of-merit, consisting of design complexity, power diss, die size, ... How many design managers have some sense of such a graph before making design choices?

M.G.Rajan
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