SPECTRE 20.1 Release Now Available

The SPECTRE 20.1 release is now available for download at Cadence Downloads.

SPECTRE 20.1

For information on supported platforms, installation information, how to access product documentation, and details of key issues resolved in the release, see the README.txt file.

Here is a listing of some of the important updates made in the SPECTRE 20.1 release:

• SpectreRF analyses in Spectre X
  Spectre X now supports SpectreRF analyses and most of the Spectre analyses, such as PSS, harmonic balance, envelope, dcmatch, acmatch, sens, and pz.

• Spectre X distributed harmonic balance analysis
  The Spectre X distributed simulation supports harmonic balance analysis.
  Note: The Spectre X distributed HB analysis flow requires a special license. To use this flow, contact your Cadence representative.

• Spectre X in Spectre MS
  Spectre X is now supported in Spectre MS.
  spectre +ms +preset=mx input.scs

• Spectre XPS MS Changed to Spectre MS
  The Spectre XPS MS product has been renamed to Spectre MS. There is no change in the use model. Spectre X is supported as the analog solver in Spectre MS.
  spectre +ms input.scs
  Note: The licensing related to Spectre MS has also changed. Now, Spectre MS only checks out the licenses required for the analog solver (Spectre APS or Spectre X) and the additional licenses for the number of cores used in the simulation.

For more details on these and all the other new and enhanced features introduced in this release, see Spectre Circuit Simulator What's New.

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