I have a circuit that simulates very slowly and when I look at the Windows 7 performance of my I7 computer it is using only 2 to 4% of the processor power. In reality it is only using one thread at 50 to 60%. I understand Multisim was written back before multicores were available but I request that this be one of your priority improvements.
To show how slow it is running after letting it run over night it has run less than 1 second of simulated time.
I have searched the web and found many people frustrated with the Multisim's slow simulation speed and the fact that the processers are 90% idle.
Give a slider control for those that want to slow down the simulation for whatever reason.
One of my biggest irritants is waiting to see if my circuit change fixed an issue and knowing the software is not even stressing the computer. Years ago I was using Pspice with a single core processor and when you click simulate it used about 95 to 98% of the processors time until it finished the simulation. Now I have unused power and still have to wait.
I hope someone at NI will read this and make multithreading a priority requirement for Multisim.
Please add your comments, the more people that comment the more I believe NI will listen.
