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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