HSPICE 2011.09 Speed-up Signal Integrity Simulation by Factor of Three
HSPICE 2011.09 has been integrated with Sigrity’s signal integrity analysis solution to accelerate signal integrity simulation of high-speed systems. The combined Synopsys and Sigrity tool features up to 3X faster simulation of signal and power integrity analysis of multi-gigahertz designs. In addition, HSPICE 2011.09 circuit simulator offers enhanced multi-core simulation performance, improved accuracy in statistical [...]
White Paper: An Electrical-Thermal MMIC Design Flow
AWR recently published a white paper about the benefits of co-simulation. The title of the white paper is: An Electrical-Thermal MMIC Design Flow. The technical paper uses an actual design example to discuss the effectiveness of co-simulation between AWR’s Microwave Office high-frequency design software and CapeSym’s SYMMIC thermal analysis tool. An X-band RF power amplifier/low-noise [...]
Mentor Graphics Offers JESD51-14 Compliant Thermal Characterization Solution
Mentor Graphics introduced an integrated solution for thermal characterization and simulation. The integrated solution features their T3Ster hardware test products with their FloTHERM software. The Mentor Graphics integrated T3Ster and FloTHERM solution helps accurate thermal simulation models. The thermal characterization solution is the only JESD51-14 compliant solution available on the market today. The integrated solution [...]
Mentor Questa and Veloce Verification Tools Support ARM Cortex A7, A15 MPCore
According to Mentor Graphics, their Questa and Veloce functional verification platforms have expanded their support for designs based on the latest ARM Cortex processors and AMBA bus interfaces. The Questa Codelink with support for ARM Cortex A7, Cortex A15, other Cortex A-family, Cortex R-family, and Cortex M-family processors and Questa Verification IP with support for [...]
ANSYS RTL Power Model
ANSYS introduced RTL Power Model (RPM). Their technology helps engineers optimize a wide range of power-sensitive applications. It bridges the power gap from register transfer language (RTL) design to physical implementation. RPM accurately predicts integrated circuit (IC) power behavior at the RTL level with consideration for how the design is physically implemented. RTL Power Model [...]
Tecplot Chorus Simulation Analytics Tool
Tecplot Chorus is a simulation analytics tool for engineers. Tecplot Chorus integrates metadata analysis, post-processing, and simulation data management in one software tool. It enables engineers to see trends and anomalies in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies and gain insight into the underlying, fluid-dynamic phenomena that cause these variations. Pricing for the Chorus starts at [...]
ADS 2011.10 RF Design and EMPro 2011.11 3-D Modeling and Simulation Tools
Agilent Technologies introduced the latest verion of their Advanced Design System and Electromagnetic Professional software. ADS 2011.10 RF design software and EMPro 2011.11 3-D modeling and simulation platform include enhancements to speed and improve RF design and verification. AADS 2011.10 will ship later this month. EMPro 2011.11 will be available for download in late October. [...]
ScanWorks Component Action Model-based Test Methodology
ASSET InterTech announced Component Action, which is a new model-based test methodology for the ScanWorks platform for embedded instruments. ScanWorks Component Action extends non-intrusive boundary-scan (JTAG) test coverage to devices that previously could not be tested or programmed with boundary scan. The Component Action models will be available in November as a capability of the [...]
Sigrity T2B Software for Transistor to Behavioral Model Conversion
Sigrity introduced T2B software for transistor to behavioral model conversion. T2B software helps engineers identify the root cause of signal and power integrity issues and verify fixes. T2B automatically generates IBIS 3.2, 4.2, 5.0 and Sigrity accuracy-enhanced models from transistor level driver models. IBIS 5.0 models generated by T2B automation include all BIRD95/BIRD98 power-aware effects. [...]
Synopsys Virtualizer Virtual Prototyping Solution
Synopsys introduced their Virtualizer virtual prototyping solution. Prototypes created with Virtualizer accelerate software development schedules by up to nine months, and increase productivity by up to 5x over traditional approaches to teams performing software development, hardware/software integration, system-on-chip (SoC) verification and system validation. Virtualizer is available now. Virtualizer Development Kits (VDKs), which includes a subset [...]
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