Agilent Technologies has announced Advanced Design System release 2008. Advanced Design System (ADS) is a high-frequency, high-speed electronic design automation (EDA) software platform. This release contains productivity breakthroughs for faster communications product design.
ADS 2008's advanced, graphical user interface enhancements come from the same interface development platform used by major Internet software tools and search engines, and contain 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.
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, accurate 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; new 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.
Agilent's EDA design tools address challenges related to RF and microwave design. Advanced Design System 2008 features full support for high-speed, gigabit link (signal integrity) design, including advanced bit error rate measurement and analysis.
This is first in a series of four ADS releases expected in 2008.
