Cadence Updates Orcad Family of Products Enhancing PCB Engineers' Productivity; 9.2 Improves Stability And Provides Windows 2000 Readiness.Business Editors/High Tech Writers 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)--March 30, 2000 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. ), the world's leading supplier of electronic design products and services, today announced the availability of Release 9.2, an update to its popular Orcad(R) family of 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. ) 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. ) tools. The 9.2 software enhancements provide feature improvements and Windows 2000 readiness to: PSpice(R) analog/mixed-signal simulator; Orcad Capture(R) schematic editor Schematic editor is a tool for schematic capture of electronic circuits. Schematic editors replaced manual drawing of schematic diagrams, but they still retain the capability of outputting schematics on specially formatted sheets. ; Capture CIS OrCAD Capture CIS is a software tool used for circuit schematic capture. It is part of the OrCAD circuit design suite. Capture CIS is nearly identical to the similar OrCAD tool, Capture. (component information system); and Orcad Layout PCB design system. The product will be offered on a single CD and will provide stability improvements to the design of digital and analog/mixed-signal systems on PC boards, including FPGAs, CPLDs, and analog/mixed-signal ASICs. Orcad tools are used to design systems for computer, instrumentation, power supply, electro-medical, military/aerospace, and communication applications. Input from Orcad product users, in key segments of the electronics design industry, provided qualitative data for improvements in this newest release of the Orcad family of products. "Cadence is responsive to the massive Orcad user base of loyal customers. Our users will appreciate the fact that we have added more power to their Orcad family of products, as well as making them fully Windows 2000 ready. This ensures a smooth migration to the latest hardware and operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. ," stated Troy Scott, product manager for Orcad family of products, Cadence PCB Systems Division. "Orcad is the number one brand in PCB design because of its ease-of-use, affordability, and reliability," said Mike Bosworth, senior vice president of Cadence Design Systems and head of the PCB Systems Division. "The newest Orcad products enhance that reputation by providing an even higher level of personal productivity for engineering teams." Key New Features and Benefits of Orcad Release 9.2 Software Orcad PSpice 9.2 analog/mixed-signal simulator -- New setup Wizard -- accelerates database configuration for administrators. -- Improved SmartRoute autorouter algorithms -- provide faster routing and higher completion rates, while offering nearly 50 bug fixes and customer feature requests. -- Improved etch editor for copper shared vias -- provides interactive routing and improved ability to copy routes for multi-channel designs. Orcad Capture 9.2 schematic editor -- New setup Wizard -- accelerates database configuration for administrators. -- Improved SmartRoute autorouter algorithms -- provide faster routing and higher completion rates, while offering nearly 50 bug fixes and customer feature requests. -- Improved etch editor for copper shared vias -- provides interactive routing and improved ability to copy routes for multi-channel designs. Capture CIS component information system -- Improved integration with Orcad Capture software plus new short-cut keys, toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the , and pop-up menus --provides faster access to data parts and part management during placement, viewing, and editing. Orcad Layout 9.2 PCB Solution -- New setup Wizard -- accelerates database configuration for administrators. -- Improved SmartRoute autorouter algorithms -- provide faster routing and higher completion rates, while offering nearly 50 bug fixes and customer feature requests. -- Improved etch editor for copper shared vias -- provides interactive routing and improved ability to copy routes for multi-channel designs. Price and Availability Pricing begins at a U.S. list price $1,495 for Orcad Capture 9.2 software and extends to a U.S. list price $12,995 for Orcad Layout Plus 9.2 product. All products will be available Q2 and are available on Windows 95, 98, 2000, and NT platforms. For more information on product pricing and availability, call 800-671-9505. For pricing and availability outside of 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. , contact your local Cadence office or distributor. 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 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). platforms. With approximately 5,000 employees and 1999 annual revenue of $1.1 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. Cadence and the Cadence logo, Orcad, PSpice, and Orcad Capture are registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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