Mentor, Cadence expand tool interoperability.WILSONVILLE, OR -- Interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. among key 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 software tools just became a little easier as Mentor Graphics' (mentor.com) Expedition design suite has been integrated with the Allegro (operating system) Allegro - The code name for the major Mac OS release due in mid-1998. http://devworld.apple.com/mkt/informed/appledirections/mar97/roadmap.html. layout tool. Expedition, a layout and routing package, now reads and writes Cadence's (cadence cadence, in music, the ending of a phrase or composition. In singing the voice may be raised or lowered, or the singer may execute elaborate variations within the key. .com) Allegro data directly and integrates with existing Allegro design flows. Integrating the environments means users won't have to jump between tools. In short, designers who use Allegro libraries 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 and databases can now use Expedition to layout and route their boards. "We are now happy to be able to support customers using mixed environments so they can take advantage of Expedition's advanced technology," said Henry Potts, Mentor vice president and general manager, Systems Design Division. The integration of Expedition is the latest step by Mentor to ease the transition of Cadence users to its own line of PCB tools. Mentor's tools for design definition (DxDesigner) and high-speed analysis (HyperLynx) already work within the Allegro flow. |
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