Electronic design automation: Identify the decade when the SPICE simulator was introduced. Context: UC Berkeley's SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) becomes the de facto circuit simulator. Choose the correct decade.

Q: Electronic design automation: Identify the decade when the SPICE simulator was introduced. Context: UC Berkeley's SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) becomes the de facto circuit simulator. Choose the correct decade.

Given data SPICE was first released at UC Berkeley in the early 1970s (SPICE1 ~1973), later evolving into SPICE2. Final Answer 1970s.

Difficulty: Easy

1970s
1960s
1980s
1990s

Correct Answer: 1970s

Explanation:

Given data

SPICE was first released at UC Berkeley in the early 1970s (SPICE1 ~1973), later evolving into SPICE2.

Final Answer
1970s.

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