Ansys has announced the release of Ansoft Designer 5.0 and Nexxim 5.0 products, the latest version of its engineering simulation platform and integrated technology, which supports what it calls 'Simulation Driven Product Development' of electronic products. New features in these latest versions that are designed to shorten the electronic design and analysis cycle include links with Ansys DesignXplorer software that enable design of experiments, sensitivity studies and six-sigma design. Additionally, a distributed-solve high-performance computing (HPC) capability has been added, which allows engineers to analyze process variations within a full signal integrity (SI) analysis across a network of computers. For RF and microwave design, Ansoft Designer 5.0 with Nexxim 5.0 feature a new system simulation engine that allows engineers to simulate entire wireless systems while linking to a library of accurate transistor and electromagnetic models.
The Ansoft Designer 5.0 and Nexxim 5.0 suite also introduces two new packages, DesignerSI and DesignerRF, that organize the simulation technology into application-specific software tools for engineers focused respectively on signal integrity analysis or RF and microwave design.
The DesignerSI package is aimed at engineers designing high-speed electronic interfaces including XAUI, XFI, Serial ATA, PCI Express, HDMI, DDR, DDR2 and DDR3. DesignerSI includes the Ansoft Designer integrated schematic capture and layout GUI, 2-D quasi-static field solver and the Nexxim circuit simulation technology (transient, fast convolution, statistical, and IBIS-AMI).
DesignerRF is tailored to the needs of engineers who design RFICs, MMICs, wireless transmission, system-on-chip (SoC) and other RF and microwave devices. DesignerRF includes the Ansoft Designer desktop, 3-D planar electromagnetic field solver, RF system simulation tool, design synthesis tools, and linear and nonlinear frequency domain circuit simulation powered by Nexxim. Both packages include a powerful design management front end for Ansoft HFSS, Q3D Extractor and SIwave software.
"In the electronics industry, driving product development with engineering simulation is a key strategy to develop more innovative products, to lower development and manufacturing costs, and to accelerate time to market," said Zol Cendes, chief technology officer and general manager at Ansoft. "By adding these powerful new features and introducing new packaging, we can deliver application-specific simulation technology for engineers wanting to perform signal integrity analysis and RF and microwave system design."
