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Applied Wave Research (AWR) - Press Release 9-29-2008
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AWR Analog Office(R) Design Environment Version
2008 Boasts Over 100 User Interface and Design Flow Enhancements
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — September 29, 2008 — AWR(R), the innovation
leader in high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA),
today released Version 2008 of its Analog Office design environment
targeted for Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) design.
Version 2008 includes hundreds of enhancements to the user interface
and design flow that dramatically increase user flexibility
and productivity.
The user interface of AWR tools is
widely recognized as extremely easy to use, and the enhancements
within Version 2008 place it even farther ahead of its competitors.
For example, features such as project, elements, layout tabs,
and the status window are now dockable and floatable, providing
a design environment that is fully configurable to suit personal
preferences. This new flexibility streamlines design tasks to
save time, maximize useable screen space, provide greater insight
into the design, and allow more complex designs to be handled
more quickly.
Other major enhancements in Analog Office
Version 2008 include:
• Capacity: The APLAC(R) harmonic
balance engine delivers better convergence on highly non-linear
circuits, circuits with thousands of transistors, and circuits
in which the transistors are driven deep into compression. Nonlinear
noise analysis is now up to 100 times faster and consumes 90%
less memory.
• Extraction: Improved extraction flow now
enables simulation of interconnects using frequency-domain models
in AWR's ACETM technology in addition to more traditional RLCK
extraction. For very-high-frequency designs, the same layout
can be effortlessly extracted to AXIEM, AWR's new 3D planar
EM solver for increased accuracy.
• Verification:
AWR's new Precision™ Design Rule Checking (DRC) engine is targeted
at the needs of today's complex silicon designs. The DRC user
interface has also been improved to streamline the look and
feel of DRC capability whether the engine being used is AWR's
Precision, Mentor Graphics' Calibre(R), or Cadence Design Systems'
AssuraTM.
Pricing & Availability
Version
2008 of the Analog Office design environment is available now
for customers with active maintenance contracts by electronic
download on the AWR website:
www.awrcorp.com/download.
New licenses are required.
About AWR
AWR is the
innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software that dramatically
reduces development time and cost for products employed in wireless,
high-speed wired broadband, aerospace and defense, and electro-optical
applications. The company's core technology is unique among
high-frequency EDA platforms in that it is inherently open and
flexible. AWR continually strengthens its product portfolio
with innovative new technologies that enable faster, more streamlined
product development, the most recent of which are the ACE, RFA™
and AXIEM tools. The privately-held company has thousands of
users, and is headquartered at 1960 East Grand Avenue, Suite
430, El Segundo, Calif. 90245. For more information about AWR
and its products, please visit
www.awrcorp.com
(c) 2008 Applied Wave Research, Inc. AWR, the AWR
logo, Analog Office, and APLAC are registered trademarks and
ACE, AXIEM, Precision and RFA are registered trademarks of Applied
Wave Research, Inc. All others are trademarks of their respective
holders.
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