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Introducing the Spectre Circuit Simulator

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This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Spectre Circuit Simulator
  • Spectre Circuit Simulator Features
  • Spectre Netlist Format
  • Benefits of Using the Spectre Circuit Simulator
• Spectre Accelerated Parallel Simulator
  • Benefits of Spectre APS
• Spectre eXtensive Partitioning Simulator
  • Benefits of Spectre XPS