Thepredecessorvolumeofthisbookwaspublishedin1996.Intheyears
since then, some things have changed and some have not.
Two of the things that have not changed are the desire for better
models and faster simulations. I performed the original simulations on
my “hyperfast” 133-MHz computer! At the time, I thought if I could just
getafastercomputer,allofourSPICEproblemswouldbehistory,right?
TodayIamsimulatingonacomputerthathasa2.6-GHzprocessorwith
512 MB of RAM, and I would still say that simulations run too slow.
The computer technology has evolved, but so have the models. In 1996
wewereperformingsimulationson100-kHzpowerconverters,whereas
today I routinely see 1- and 2-MHz power converters.
