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HSPICE 2008.03 - Major Enhancements in March 2008 Release

• Performance, Convergence & Accuracy Improvements
• 3X faster on 1 CPU and over 6X faster on 4 CPUs for large post layout designs
• Improvements to auto convergence algorithms
• Supports WDF format for rapid large wave form loading & viewing in WaveView Analyzer

• New Cadence ADE Integration
• Built and supported by Synopsys
• Supports all major HSPICE analysis
• User interface adapted for HSPICE
• Cross probing, back-annotation, and much more

• Post Layout
• 3X faster on 1 CPU and over 6X faster on 4 CPUs for large designs (> 50000 elements)
• 2X reduction in memory requirements

• Signal Integrity
• Standalone S-element builder
• S-parameter passivity enforcement

• RF - Automated Accumulated Jitter Analysis
• Behavioral noise analyses of linear phase-domain equivalent circuits that may include phase noise as input stimuli
• Predict closed-loop PLL phase noise based on block-level noise contributions.
• Calculate Timing Jitter or N-Cycle Jitter responses based on phase noise inputs.
• Examine the impact on phase noise frequency response due to feedback loop design changes.

• New Model Support
• HiSIM LDMOS100-SC3, PSP 102.2, MOS20 2002.2
• MOSRA API: Reliability analysis for modeling device degradation due to hot carrier injection (HCI) and negative bias temperature instability (NBTI)

HSPICE 2007.09 - Major Enhancements in Sept 2007 Release

• Performance, Convergence & Accuracy Improvements
• Multi-CPU .ALTER support
• Improved auto convergence
• Faster netlist read-in
• Design for Yield - Variability Analysis
• Spatial variation support
• Subcircuit parameter support
• Board & Package Design - Signal Integrity
• IBIS time step control improvement
• HSPICE RF – RFIC & High Speed PLL design
• S-element support in Shooting Newton for spiral inductor modeling
• Spurious noise analysis
• Post Layout
• SPEF & DSPF support
• New Device Model Support
• HiSIM 2.4

HSPICE 2007.03 - Major Enhancements in March 2007 Release

• Performance & Usability Improvements
• Parser & error check runtime & memory improvements
• Error messaging improvements with line number printout
• Design for Yield - Variability Analysis
• ACMATCH for mismatch analysis in AC
• Interconnect variation analysis with STAR-RCXT
• Board & Package Design - Signal Integrity
• S-element Performance Improvement
• Recursive convolution for huge (500 port) S-parameter input
• S-element Accuracy Enhancements
• Improved DC point prediction
• IBIS 4.2
• PLL & VCO Design – Analysis with HSPICE RF
• SNNOISE strobing, displays noise spectrum at a specific time point
• Improved output, phase noise output by source
• Complete PLL jitter methodology (example & white paper)
• Uses Harmonic Balance & Shooting Newton
• New Device Model Support
• BSIM 4.6.0
• PSP 102.1
• HiSIM 2.3.1
• MOS reliability analysis model – NBTI & HCI

HSPICE 2006.09 - Major Enhancements in Sept 2006 Release

• Performance Improvements
• Transient time step improvement (RUNLVL option turned on by default)
• 20% speedup for Linux
• Multithreading improvement
• Improved matrix handling for large and extracted circuits
• 64-bit Linux (all Linux platforms, including RedHat/Opteron, SUSE/EM64T)
• Design for Yield
• Variability Analysis:
• Smart Monte Carlo – Latin Hypercube Sampling
• 65nm WPE-based model enhancement
• Signal Integrity – Board & Package Design
• W-element speed and accuracy improvements:
• Improved time-step control
• Special handling for high dielectric loss
• Output of impedance values
• Faster 2D EM cross-sectional analysis (3x-5x speedup)
• S-Parameter data interpolation improvement:
• Capture high-frequency resonance effects
• HSPICE RF
• Time-domain steady-state simulation (Shooting Newton):
• Faster simulation for RF circuits with digital logic
  (phase/frequency detectors, dividers, ring oscillators)
• Small-signal transfer and noise analyses
• Documentation
• HSPICE - -help command line invocation for easy access and quick search of the HSPICE – HSPICE RF Command Reference

Would you like more information?

To see all the new features in these releases, please download the release notes on SolvNet.

Are you using the latest release of HSPICE?

• Every six months, in March and September of each year, Synopsys introduces a new feature release of HSPICE. Half way between each feature release, in June and December, Synopsys provides a service pack release of HSPICE.
• To obtain the latest release of HSPICE, please download the HSPICE binaries on SolvNet.