Dipanjan Gope, Vice President, R&D, Physware Inc.
Dr. Vikram Jandhyala, Associate Professor, University of Washington
Dr. Rajen Murugan, Signal Integrity Engineer, Texas Instruments Inc.
Dr. Souvik Mukherjee, EDA/Methodology Engineer,Texas Instruments Inc.

With the significantly growing needs for Signal Integrity (SI), Power Integrity (PI), and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) analysis in all classes of microelectronic structures in the chip-package-board ecosystems, there is a corresponding need for fast and accurate electromagnetic (EM) simulation. However, there is a mind-boggling variety of available EM simulation techniques. For meaningful simulation and model generation leading to successful designs, it is essential to match the kind of EM solver to the problem at hand. This tutorial discusses some of the critical issues and provides initial guidance as to what solvers to use and when.