Michael, Thanks for the clarification. I heard ASTAP was better than SPICE. I guess outsider will not have a chance to try it. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Chan, Michael [mailto:Michael.Chan@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:32 AM To: chris.cheng@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] Re: Historical question: HSpice from Avant! ? Chris: IBM one is called "ASTAP". Michael -----Original Message----- From: Chris Cheng [mailto:chris.cheng@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 1:23 PM Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Historical question: HSpice from Avant! ? Jim, Good piece of history. For the longest time I thought Aspec was IBM proprietary and it runs on statistical model rather than single point best/worst case parameters. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu