Multisim is one of the few circuit design programs to employ the original Berkeley SPICE based software simulation.

[2] Multisim was originally created by a company named Electronics Workbench Group, which is now a division of National Instruments.

Multisim includes microcontroller simulation (formerly known as MultiMCU),[3] as well as integrated import and export features to the printed circuit board layout software in the suite, NI Ultiboard.

[4] Multisim is widely used in academia and industry for circuits education, electronic schematic design and SPICE simulation.

National Instruments has maintained this educational legacy, with a specific version of Multisim with features developed for teaching electronics.