Tool now supports optimized Spice engine, multicore processors

Paul Rako, Technical Editor -- EDN, July 14, 2011

Texas Instruments has improved its Tina-TI Spice tool, which is available in English, simplified and traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. Tina-TI 9.1 now supports multicore processors and an optimized Spice engine, enabling it to run simulations an average of five times faster than previous versions. It allows designers to import any Spice model to simulate designs and features more than 500 part models and reference designs, including more than 130 new power models. The broad model coverage and fast simulation in Tina-TI 9.1 make it easier for designers to speed their products to market.

Tina-TI 9.1 provides all of the conventional dc, transient, and frequency-domain analysis of Spice and extensive postprocessing capability that allows users to customize results. Virtual instruments allow users to select input waveforms and probe circuits’ node voltages and waveforms.

Tina-TI 9.1 is available for free downloading in the TI Analog eLab Design Center at www.ti.com/analogelab-pr.

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