ANSOFT HIGH-PERFORMANCE ELECTRONIC DESIGN NEWS & EVENTS December 2005; Vol. 1, No. 1 More Info: www.ansoft.com DESIGNER'S CORNER: Reference Flow for High-Speed Serial Interconnect Design Read MoreWhile trends toward point-to-point serial interconnects provide numerous system advantages, reliable signal transmission across a host board or between daughter cards on a backplane at GHz speeds compels the adoption of new strategies and tools. Click here to download a free white paper that outlines the reference design flow and methods to reliably characterize and design complex serial channels. Read More » http://www.ansoft.com/registration/index.cfm?campaign=83&src=news1205 NEWS: 1. Converge High-Performance Design Presentations Ready for Download 2. Maxwell v11 Speeds Design of High-Performance Electromechanical Components 3. SIwave v3 Adds Package and Board Co-Design for EMI/EMC 4. Optimetrics v4 Introduces Optimization Algorithms and Distributed Analysis 5. Q3D Extractor v7 Offers Reliable Importing of CAD Models, Package Layouts 6. PExprt v6 Service Pack 3 Enables Enhanced Planar Component Modeling 7. Announcing New VHDL-AMS Encryption Utility and SIMPLORER v7.0.4 EVENTS: Training * Ansoft Designer: 12/14, Los Angeles, CA * HFSS: 12/15, Los Angeles, CA * HFSS v10 Fundamentals: 1/25, San Diego, CA * Maxwell 2D: 2/6-9, Los Angeles, CA Trade Shows * IEEE MTT-S RWS: 1/17-19, San Diego, CA, Booth 713 * DesignCon 2006: 2/6-9, Santa Clara, CA, Booth 405 *For the latest information on dates, times, venues, agendas, and registration, please visit http://www.ansoft.com/events.cfm. 1. Converge High-Performance Design Presentations Ready for Download Many of the fine presentations given at Ansoft’s Converge Applications Workshops for High-Performance Design are available for download here. These highly successful events showcased new design methods relating to RFIC, MMIC, antenna, radio, signal integrity, high-speed serial, packaging, SSO, EMI/EMC, automotive, defense, VHDL-AMS, aerospace, and power applications. Guest speakers included representatives from Intel, Panasonic, Taiyo Yuden, Xilinx, UMC, UCLA, and others. View Presentations » http://www.ansoft.com/converge/index.cfm?src=news1205 2. Maxwell v11 Speeds Design of High-Performance Electromechanical Components Ansoft just released Maxwell(r) v11, 3D electromagnetic analysis software used to accurately predict the performance of low-frequency electromechanical (EM) components in today’s advanced automotive, aerospace, and industrial/power electronic systems. This release introduces Ansoft desktop technology into Maxwell for increased engineering productivity. And with the integration of Ansoft’s RMxprt(tm), Maxwell v11 adds unparalleled capabilities for 3D analytical and FEM-based design flow for today’s high-performing rotating electric machines. More » http://www.ansoft.com/news/press_release/051129.cfm?src=news1205 3. SIwave v3 Adds Package and Board Co-Design for EMI/EMC Announcing SIwave(tm) v3, a full-wave electromagnetic-field simulator optimized for signal- and power-integrity analysis of high-performance PCBs and IC packages. The new version provides expanded analysis capabilities for board and package co-design and EMI/EMC studies. Customers in the computer, semiconductor, networking, communications, and high-performance consumer electronics industries benefit from SIwave v3 as it broadens the scope of simulation, more closely realizes the complete system configuration, and ultimately saves design time and cost as design re-spins are reduced. More » http://www.ansoft.com/news/press_release/050811.cfm?src=news1205 4. Optimetrics v4 Introduces Optimization Algorithms and Distributed Analysis Ansoft recently released the latest version of Optimetrics(tm), an add-on product that works with HFSS(tm), Ansoft Designer(r), Q3D Extractor(r), and Maxwell(r) to perform parametric studies, statistical/sensitivity analysis, and optimization. Optimetrics v4 introduces SNLP (Sequential Nonlinear Programming) and SMINLP (Sequential Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming) optimization algorithms. Applying Response Surface Modeling (RSM) techniques, these complementary methods allow engineers to optimize over a continuous design space and/or to specify discrete steps between instances, respectively. More » http://www.ansoft.com/news/press_release/050816.cfm?src=news1205 5. Q3D Extractor v7 Offers Reliable Importing of CAD Models, Package Layouts The latest release of Q3D Extractor(r), Ansoft’s 3D quasi-static electromagnetic parasitic extraction tool, computes 3D RLC/2D RLCG parameters from interconnect structures and automatically generates an equivalent SPICE circuit. This release introduces new features that make it easier and more reliable for engineers to import 3D CAD models and IC, PCB, and package layouts from third-party tools. More » http://www.ansoft.com/news/press_release/050823.cfm?src=news1205 6. PExprt v6 Service Pack 3 Enables Enhanced Planar Component Modeling PExprt(tm) customers can download PExprt v6 Service Pack 3 from Ansoft’s Online Technical Support (OTS) site. Highlights of Service Pack 3 include the ability to define planar technologies using minimum track width, separation, and thickness; optimization of track width for each winding stack in a planar component; expanded core libraries; separation definition by decades; and magnetic component design with gap at both core legs. For more information, refer to the release notes included with the update, available via the web-update capability in the software or at the OTS site. Download PExprt v6 SP 3 » http://www.ansoft.com/ots/otsLogin.cfm 7. Announcing New VHDL-AMS Encryption Utility and SIMPLORER v7.0.4 Ansoft announces a new VHDL-AMS encryption utility and Service Pack for SIMPLORER(r). The VHDL-AMS encryption utility, available for download here, allows users to import VHDL-AMS models or complete libraries encrypted by the utility so that users of other VHDL-AMS simulators can pass models to SIMPLORER without revealing underlying intellectual property. Current customers can download SIMPLORER v7.0.4 and a list of relevant features and enhancements from Ansoft’s Online Technical Support (OTS) site or through the web-update service. Download SIMPLORER v7.0.4 » http://www.ansoft.com/ots/otsLogin.cfm Copyright 2005 Ansoft Corporation ABOUT HIGH-PERFORMANCE DESIGN NEWS & EVENTS Ansoft’s High-Performance Design News & Events is electronically distributed every other month, then posted on our Web site here: http://www.ansoft.com/news/publications/index.cfm?src=news1205. If you know someone who would like to receive it, please forward this email. To subscribe, go to Ansoft's Membership Login page (http://www.ansoft.com/membership/index.cfm?src=news1205), enter your email address and password, select the newsletter checkbox at the bottom of the screen, and click the “Submit” button. To unsubscribe, go here: http://www.ansoft.com/membership/removal_request.cfm?src=news1205.