Is it possible to run multiple LTspice simulations simultaneously? These co mputers have multiple processors and I don't know how optimized for paralle l processing LTspice is. I wonder if there would be much of a penalty for r unning two simulations at the same time.
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Phil Hobbs
Sure, works fine. The control panel lets you set the maximum number of threads that the engine will use.
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wanderer
The Engine Max threads and the Run and Stop simulation commands are greyed out for me in the second schematic. I guess I need to set this up before I start the simulation. I'll try it once my first simulation stops.
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wanderer
I can't get two simulations to run. Max Threads is set to 2. Is there some trick?
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Phil Hobbs
Dunno. I'm on a Linux box at the moment. I did try running two copies of LTspice on Win 7 32-bit, but didn't get as far as running two simulations at once, since my Linux box is so much faster.
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Phil Hobbs
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
160 North State Road #203
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
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John S
Faster than what, Phil? I'm very curious and maybe seeking a blazing desktop.
Many thanks, John S
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wanderer
I figured it out. I need to open two instances of LTspice. not try to run two simulations in one in instance.
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Phil Hobbs
It's a Supermicro 16-core Opteron Magny Cours box with 4TB of hardware RAID-5 and 32 gig of memory. I bought it a couple of years ago to do simulations on, and it flies. The exact model number is on my equipment page,
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I paid $3.8k-ish for it, iirc. I had it built by a reseller called Alvio, who are a pretty good bunch. Call Alexander and tell him I said "Hi".
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Phil Hobbs
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Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
160 North State Road #203
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
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John S
Thanks for the info. I'll look them up and call. I hope Win7 will not mess up the plans.
Cheers, John S
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