simulate-return-current (tscircuit)ECADConfidence: Medium

A DDR signal-integrity check never ran because Gmsh and OpenCASCADE segfaulted building copper geometry, using 9.2 GB and exiting 139 after 328 seconds.

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

tscircuit/simulate-return-current Issue #20: Investigate OCC mesh construction SIGSEGV and union failures on detailed multilayer PCB copper

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 27-28 2026 (Oct 27 8:41 AM ET through Oct 28 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-28: issue/PR/thread read; title and state confirmed.