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"Jack" wrote in message ...
Xeon.
After them i7.
But verify if the sw you're using is OpenCL compliant, if yes, then go
get a good video card, because the sw can use the GPU for number
crunching.



Is there even *any* SPICE that's GPU-enabled, yet?

LTSpice is SMP, which is, sad to say: decades ahead of the curve.
Considering everyone else is stuck in 1981, or whenever it was XSPICE was
released. NI/Multisim, Altium, PSpice(?), take your pick... (NgSpice?)
They're all based on that one (free, coincidentally!) SPICE core.

Short of it is, more than two CPU cores (or a fancy GPU, beyond good 2D
and good enough 3D performance) doesn't buy you much in EDA these days.

Kind of a bizarre inversion, historically speaking: EDA and CAD used to be
the prime driver behind top-of-the-line workstations. 'Course, they cost
$100k back then, too. It's been my experience that the mid-level software
companies (~$10k/license and down) have been strangely resistant to any
kind of advancement or refinement of this sort.

Tim

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