System Requirements

Operating System - 32bit Windows Versions

SIMetrix and SIMetrix/SIMPLIS 32 bit version will install and run on the following Windows platforms:

Windows 7 Home Premium/Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate
Windows Vista Home/Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/Ultimate
Windows XP Home
Windows XP Professional
Windows 2000

There are no service pack requirements for any of the above.

The 32 bit version will also run on any of the 64 bit Windows operating systems listed below.

Operating System - 64bit Windows Versions

SIMetrix 64 bit version will install and run on the following Windows platforms:

Windows 7 Home Premium/Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate, x64 Edition
Windows Vista Home/Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/Ultimate, x64 Edition
Windows XP Professional, x64 Edition

There are no service pack requirements for any of the above.

Operating System - Linux

SIMetrix (not SIMetrix/SIMPLIS) will run on a variety of Linux platforms. As there are a large number of different distributions and versions available it is impossible to test and verify each and every one.

We currently will only fully support the following systems:

Redhat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5

Currently only 32 bit versions are supported.

SIMetrix will run correctly on other distributions. However, if you use an unsupported distribution, and you have difficulties with running SIMetrix on that distribution, we will not be able to offer assistance unless we can reproduce that difficulty with a supported distribution.

SIMetrix will usually run on any distribution that uses glibc 2.3.2 or later and gcc version 3.2.3 or later.

Hardware

SIMetrix and SIMetrix/SIMPLIS will run on any hardware capable of running the supported operating system.

SIMetrix and SIMetrix/SIMPLIS are CPU intensive applications and will benefit from the most powerful processors. Note, however, that multiple core processor do not currently provide a benefit for running a single instance of SIMetrix or SIMetrix/SIMPLIS.