Cadence Announces Availability of Rf Design Flow Solution for PCBs; Solution Addresses Fast-Growing, Wireless Communication Equipment Market.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1999-- Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. ) today announced the availability of a design flow integration solution that combines Advanced Design System (ADS) electronic design automation (EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. ) software from Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Inc. with the Cadence(R) Concept(R) HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. schematic tool and the Cadence Allegro(R) layout tool for printed circuit board (PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. ) design. This design flow, aimed at the fast-growing radio frequency (RF) and wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. market, provides a smooth transfer mechanism from Agilent EEsof EDA simulation design tools to Cadence's PCB manufacturing design tools. Cadence, the world's leading supplier of PCB design solutions, and Agilent's EEsof EDA group, the leader in EDA software for RF design, have developed this solution with an eye toward decreased product development cycle times and increased quality in RF system design. Using the new solution, throughput is greatly increased for designers wanting to simulate and lay out their block-level RF designs and then complete the remaining inter-block and system-level PCB routing. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dave DeMaria, vice president of marketing for the Cadence PCB Systems Division, "Our RF and wireless customers are facing increased challenges because typical PCBs now contain analog, digital, mixed-signal, and RF circuitry all on the same board. Consequently, they need to integrate their Agilent EEsof RF design data with PCB layout technology so that they can package and lay out their designs in an integrated, front-to-back flow, and then provide the appropriate data to a PCB manufacturer. We believe our cooperative effort with Agilent EEsof EDA provides our customers with an excellent method of achieving that integration." The interface between Agilent ADS and the Cadence tools is based on an intermediate file format developed by Agilent's EEsof EDA to encompass the special needs of translating RF designs between systems. The interface uses mapping files to accurately translate and map data from one database to the other. The symbol-mapping file allows the Cadence Allegro library Allegro is a free software / open source software library for video game development, with functions for basic 2D graphics, image manipulation, text output, audio output, midi music, input and timers, as well as additional routines for things like fixed-point and floating-point components to be mapped to the components used in the Agilent ADS environment. John Borelli, principal RF design engineer at GHz Circuit Design, Inc. stated, "With this interface, the Agilent ADS components, connectivity, and distributed element artworks are seamlessly imported into the Cadence Concept schematic and the Cadence Allegro layout tools, while still maintaining the overall intra-block, inter-block, and system-level connectivity that was originally intended." Borelli concluded, "This new interface not only affords us a much faster design cycle time, it removes from the equation much human error, which is inherent when information is transferred manually or the RF design flow is decoupled from the PCB layout." "With the furious pace of standards evolution and the intense time-to-market pressures faced by the industry as wireless appliances evolve, designers need flows that work seamlessly," said Jacob H. Egbert, general manager of the Agilent EEsof EDA group. "The new Agilent/Cadence design flow fills this need. Our customers will benefit from both companies' abilities to leverage individual expertise and technology strengths in a single solution." When the Agilent Advanced Design System schematic database is translated with the Cadence Concept HDL schematic tool, a symbol as well as a default footprint is created for packaging the RF block. Once the design is successfully packaged, it can be imported into the Cadence Allegro tool for final layout and manufacture including a complete bill of materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. . Price and Availability The Cadence translator for the Agilent ADS components is available in the latest releases of the Cadence Concept Expert schematic tool and the Cadence Allegro Expert layout tool, and can be invoked by the Allegro Expert product. Existing Allegro Expert users, under maintenance, will receive the translator with the next general software update free of charge. New PCB design solutions that contain the Allegro Expert layout tool for UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and NT platforms start at $44,000 (U.S.) in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The translator will be available in North America during November 1999. For more information on product pricing and availability, visit http://pcb.cadence.com or call 800-671-9505. For pricing and availability outside of North America, contact your local Cadence office. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies, Inc. is a diversified technology company, resulting from Hewlett-Packard Company's plan to strategically realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. itself into two fully independent companies. With 42,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries, Agilent Technologies, as a subsidiary of HP, is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. The businesses comprising Agilent had net revenues of nearly $8 billion in fiscal year 1998. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at http://www.agilent.com. Information about other products from Agilent EEsof EDA can be found on the World Wide Web via http://www.agilent.com/eesof-eda. About Cadence Cadence is the largest supplier of electronic design automation products, methodology services, and design services used to accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors, computer systems, networking and telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, and a variety of other electronics-based products. The Cadence PCB Systems Division, the worldwide PCB EDA market leader, addresses the entire range of design needs in the PCB market, with complete tool suites available on Windows, Windows NT, and UNIX platforms. With more than 4,000 employees and 1998 annual sales of $1.3 billion, Cadence has sales offices, design centers, and research facilities located around the world. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol CDN. More information about the company, its products and services may be obtained from the World Wide Web at http://www.cadence.com. Note: Cadence, the Cadence logo, Concept and Allegro are registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective holders. |
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