KiCon Europe 2026

ngspice - recent and upcoming developments for KiCad's simulation engine
09-07, 13:00–13:30 (Europe/Berlin), Main Stage

In the talk I will present the recent ngspice developments, up to the new release ngspice-47.

The environment for open source ngspice has changed considerably. Funding for its development has become available. The art of coding has changed dramatically in the recent months (AI as a tool to support the coder, AI for vibe coding). Some ideas on how this might influence the future of ngspice will be discussed.

Senior professor at University Duisburg-Essen and retired as deputy director Fraunhofer IMS.
CMOS and MEMS process technology development since 1974.
Lead ngspice maintainer