12 Apr
2013
12 Apr
'13
7:09 a.m.
On 04/12/2013 09:24 AM, David Riley wrote:
Yeah, I can't stress enough that SPICE is NOT A
DESIGN TOOL.
It is a verification tool. People coming out of college in
my generation fail to understand that because even a cheap
PC runs complex SPICE simulations in a fraction of the time
that the original machines did... that, and they're lazy.
The late, great Bob Pease was fond of pointing out that both
SPICE and spreadsheets are great at giving you the answer
you want, not the answer you need (the right one).
And indeed, famously threw a computer off the roof of the parking garage,
stating that he then knew that THAT computer would never lie to him again.
I'm not certain that this was due to SPICE, but I'd bet it was, given his
overall feelings toward it.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA