Santa Clara, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. has released its Advanced Design System release 2008 EDA software platform for high-frequency, high-speed electronic design. Agilent says this release incorporates productivity breakthroughs for faster communications product design.
ADS 2008 now includes graphical user interface enhancements with advanced search and context-dependent features. The speed improvements gained from this new interface help make software-tools integration seamless for common and emerging design applications, said Agilent.
Speed and productivity enhancements include:
Improved project management, real-time zoom and pan, interactive 3-D layout viewing, stretching, and cut planes.
Improved LVS (layout vs. schematic) design synchronization, providing full control over the automation to guarantee the correct layout.
Updated design rule checking and fast artwork export/import for a smoother transition from design to production.
Full 3-D electromagnetic integration into ADS, for designers who increasingly need electromagnetic analysis for complete communications product design. The integrated Electromagnetic Design System also contains a faster bond wire drawing interface.
The latest multi-processor computing including support for today's 64-bit processors; and faster high-frequency transient simulations, providing average speed improvements of up to 6x for large circuits.
The Advanced Design System 2008 also features full support for high-speed, gigabit link (signal integrity) design including advanced bit error rate measurement and analysis.
This is the first in a series of four ADS releases expected in 2008. By the end of the year, Agilent plans to double productivity for common design and simulation tasks compared with previous versions of ADS.
Product information: ADS 2008 or to request a demo
Pricing and availability: ADS 2008 is expected to be available for download in January 2008, with prices starting at approximately $10,000.
