Install Instructions for hspice and cadence: We keep the files in /data2: /data2/synopsys.tar.bz2 /data2/ic5033.tar.bz2 tar -xjf /data2/synopsys.tar.bz2 cd /opt mv /data2/setup_ic50.csh . tar -xjf /data2/ic5033.tar.bz2 source setup_ic50.csh To test hspice run make sure you use csh I edit .cshrc to include the line source /opt/setup_ic50.csh Also make sure your monitor is set to 24 bit color The execute the following tcsh hspice /data2/hspice_test/newtest_10min.sp -o You can also run with the multi thread flags -mt 1 -mt 2 -mt 3 -mt 4 To run cadence execute the following: tcsh icfb c'est tout