On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Anton Erasmus <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Just to give an idea of the speed of Specctra and Electra routers. My
> friend
> did a full size PC Interface Card with a 32-bit CPU, RAM etc. on a 4 layer
> board.
> It took him in the order 60 hours to fully route the PCB. Specctra routed
> the same board
> with the same design rules in less than 2 minutes. The one Demo PCB in
> Protal/Altium
> which the Protel/Altium router routes on 8 layers in about 3 hours,
> Specctra routes in
> 2 layers using the same clearances and track widths in less than 5 minutes.
>

Back when I was doing boards in a big professional house, Specctra was very
expensive, e.g. tens of thousands of dollars.  What does it cost now?  It
may not be feasible for everyone.

Mike
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