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analog-canvas (cascode-ai)ECADConfidence: Medium

The Spectre netlist printed values the way SPICE reads them, but 100fF and 1MegΩ are not valid Spectre, and 1M means milli in SPICE but mega in Spectre: the same number a billion times off depending on which simulator reads it.

Impact Analysis

Persona
Electrical Engineer
Team Size Impact
5x Multiplier
Prototype Delay
3 Days
Est. Annual Cost
$30,000
  • 1 user · 1 month240 min
  • Rest of team960 min
  • Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources
cascode-ai/analog-canvas PR #1812: fix(netlist): print Spectre's own numbers, and keep the author's text through RNL
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digest, Oct 25-26 2026 (Oct 25 daytime to Oct 26 morning slots). Verified live 2026-10-26: issue/PR read on GitHub; title and state confirmed.