2. TTS Group Adopts Ansoft’s PCB Design Suite for High-Performance Design (top)
Test Tooling Solutions Group (TTSG), a global manufacturer of ATE test toolings for the semiconductor industry, has adopted Ansoft’s PCB Design Suite, including HFSS™, Nexxim®, Ansoft Designer® and Optimetrics™. TTSG’s adoption of the Suite extends the firm’s core design competency, strengthens its pool of intellectual property assets and minimizes time-to-market for new products-critical success factors in the fast-moving semiconductor tool market.
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3. Ansoft Certifies Industry-Standard VHDL-AMS Models for Simplorer (top)
Ansoft has certified the VHDL-AMS models available from the FAT-AK30 working group of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (Verband der Automobilindustrie - VDA) to run in Simplorer®, the company’s widely used multi-domain system simulation software. The FAT-AK30 working group, organized within the German Association for Research in Automobile Technology (FAT) of the VDA, provides its open-source VHDL-AMS model library to support the interchange of models between car manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers.
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4. Ansoft Releases Shin-Etsu Permanent Magnet Material Library for Maxwell (top)
A new Maxwell® library of permanent magnet materials from Shin-Etsu Magnetics Inc. is available. The library contains more than 31 high-performance permanent magnets defined at different operating temperatures using rare earth elements that are ready for use within Maxwell. Permanent magnet materials are used in many applications, including motors, sensors, and actuators. Maxwell users now have access to the latest materials from Shin-Etsu to use directly within their simulations of new or existing designs. Customers can download the library by logging in to Ansoft’s Online Technical Support site at www.ansoft.com/ots.
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5. SMIC Announces HFSS-Based Library for High-Performance Design (top)
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), a world-leading semiconductor foundry, announced its commitment to Ansoft’s HFSS™ simulation technology for S-parameter extraction, frequency-dependent SPICE model extraction, and EMI prediction. SMIC’s adoption of HFSS extends its RF CMOS design capabilities and provides a proven platform on which to build accurate and traceable on-chip model libraries. SMIC will use HFSS to provide a unique library of complex, high-speed, and high-frequency passive structures for accurate, next-generation designs traceable to the foundry.
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6. 'Biomed Looks for High-Tech Solutions' Webcast Available On Demand (top)
“Biomed Looks for High-Tech Solutions,” an IEEE Spectrum Tech Insiders webcast, is now available on demand. During this one-hour event, industry experts discuss how prototypes using HFSS™ as the standard for critical aspects in designing high-performance medical systems help enable a new model of care based on early diagnosis and disease prevention.
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7. Colorado EMI and Antenna/RF Design Workshops Set for January (top)
Please join Ansoft on January 16 (Colorado Springs, CO) or 18 (Broomfield, CO) for EMI Control and Antenna/RF Design seminars, where Ansoft will present a simulation-based design methodology that engineers use to prevent EMI early in the design phase and analyze complex RF and antenna systems.
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8. Forbes Ranks Ansoft Among 200 Best Small Companies in America (top)
Forbes Inc. ranked Ansoft 34th on its annual listing of 200 Best Small Companies in America. Ansoft moved up from last year’s ranking of 82 with another year of strong financial performance.
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