GAS — GPU-Accelerated SPICE

An open-source mixed-signal circuit simulator in Rust. Parses SPICE netlists, runs DC/AC/transient/noise analyses on CPU, and targets GPU compute acceleration via wgpu for the heavy lifting.

Current state: working CLI, SPICE netlist parser, linear MNA solver core, RF/noise analysis, mixed-signal LUT/RNM support, and GPU compute benchmarks for targeted workloads (frequency grids, envelope reduction, LUT interpolation, RF periodic, digital timing). Not ready for production use — but the foundation is solid.

Build & Run

cargo build
cargo test

Run example circuits:

cargo run -p gas-cli -- run-linear-spice examples/analog/rc_lowpass_ac.sp --analysis ac --freq-hz 1.0e6
cargo run -p gas-cli -- run-linear-spice examples/analog/rc_settling_tran.sp --analysis transient
cargo run -p gas-cli -- run-noise-spice examples/analog/rc_lowpass_noise.sp --temp-k 300
cargo run -p gas-cli -- inspect-spice examples/analog/rc_lowpass_ac.sp
cargo run -p gas-cli -- render-viz-tui crates/gas-tui/src/sample_session.json
cargo run -p gas-cli -- render-viz-web crates/gas-tui/src/sample_session.json --out /tmp/viz.html

What Works

• SPICE parsing: resistors, capacitors, inductors, sources, MOSFETs, diodes, switches, behavioral sources, subcircuits, .param, .model, .include, .control/.endc, .meas — numeric suffixes, continuation lines, curly-brace expressions
• Analog analyses: DC operating point, AC sweep, transient, noise
• Mixed-signal: LUT-based delay models, RNM generation
• Visualization: TUI (ratatui) and static HTML output from session files
• GPU benchmarks: wgpu compute shaders for frequency grids, envelope reduction, RF periodic, digital timing, LUT batch interpolation
• PDK loading: reads foundry PDK contracts (SkyWater 130nm, GF 180nm, IHP 130nm BiCMOS referenced in inspiration/)

Every GPU code path has an explicit CPU fallback.

Workspace Crates

The project is 12 Rust crates in a Cargo workspace:

Crate	What it does
gas-cli	CLI binary (gas) — ties everything together
gas-core	Shared types, diagnostics, backend selection
gas-spice	SPICE netlist parser and elaborator
gas-analog	Linear MNA DC/AC/noise solver
gas-ms	Mixed-signal LUT/RNM evaluation
gas-sv	SystemVerilog/RNM generation
gas-pdk	PDK contract loading
gas-viz	Visualization session types
gas-tui	Terminal UI (ratatui)
gas-web	HTML visualization output
gas-evidence	Machine-readable reports
gas-artifact	Open artifact detection

GPU Strategy

The simulator uses wgpu (WebGPU) — not CUDA or OpenCL directly. Compute shaders are WGSL embedded in Rust source. This gives us Vulkan/Metal/DX12/OpenGL ES coverage from one codebase.

Current GPU workloads are benchmark-stage (measuring speedup vs CPU fallback for specific kernels). The linear solver itself is still CPU-based.

Philosophy

• Rust-first. The simulator and all tooling are Rust. SystemVerilog/RNM output is the only non-Rust artifact emitted.
• Open tooling required, proprietary optional. Output formats are always open. If a proprietary tool wants to consume them, fine — but nothing proprietary is required to build or run.
• Honest claims. GPU benchmarks report what's accelerated and what's not, with fallback reasons.

Examples

Circuit decks live in examples/:

• examples/analog/ — RC lowpass AC, transient, noise
• examples/digital/ — standard-cell pulse, SERDES PHY lane (RTL + testbench)
• examples/mixed_signal/ — LUT-based TX delay model
• examples/modern/ — coverage/claim catalogs

License

Dual-licensed MIT OR Apache-2.0 — your choice.

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This is a young project. If something's broken or missing, that's probably because it's on the backlog.