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Quartus® II software version 10.0, the industry\’s #1 software in performance and productivity for CPLD, FPGA, and HardCopy ASIC designs, is now available. Download Quartus II software today! Version 10.0 supports Altera\’s new high-performance, built-for-bandwidth devices: Stratix® V GX and GS FPGAs with integrated 12.5-Gbps transceivers. Stratix V GX FPGAs are optimized for high-performance, high-bandwidth applications. Stratix V GS FPGAs target high-performance, variable-precision digital signal processing (DSP) applications with the industry-first variable-precision DSP block. Future Quartus II software releases will also support partial reconfiguration, a Stratix V FPGA feature that reduces power, cost, and board space with more effective logic planning. Version 10.0 continues to deliver Quartus II software\’s productivity advantage: 2X-3X faster compile times than the nearest competitor for...

CST proudly announces the upcoming release 2010 of its electromagnetic simulation softwareCST STUDIO SUITE™. With over 60 man years of research and development and over 3000 functional changes, CST STUDIO SUITE 2010 again sets the standard for electromagnetic simulation software.The focal points of 2010 development can be briefly summarized as implementing and integrating new solver technology, improving simulation performance and extending the applicability. The electromagnetic simulation software CST STUDIO SUITE™ is the culmination of many years of research and development into the most efficient and accurate computational solutions to electromagnetic design. It comprises CST’s tools for the design and optimization of devices operating in a wide range of frequencies – static to optical. Analyses may include thermal and mechanical effects,...

This synopsysinstaller_INSTALL_README.txt document contains installation instructions for the Synopsys Installer tool in the following sections: * General Information * Installation Procedure * Using the Installer (EST / FTP Users Only) * Post-Installation Steps * Installing From a CD * Supported Platforms and Required Operating System Patches —————————————————————–General Information—————————————————————– This document contains quick-start installation assistance for product files downloaded from Synopsys by Electronic Software Transfer (EST). For detailed installation and post-installation setup steps for most Synopsys software, see the Installation Guide. (This resource also includes CD installation assistance.) To view or obtain the Installation Guide for the current release, go to * The Synopsys Installation Guide Web page at http://www.synopsys.com/install * Synopsys Online Documentation (SOLD), which is included with the software...

Mentor Graphics PADS 9.2The PADS 9.2 Program is set to begin. You are receiving this e-mail because you have expressed an interest to participate in this beta program, or you have participated in a past program.PADS 9.2 is currently scheduled for production release in June 2010. The primary enhancements are: * Windows 7 support * Net Name Visibility * ECO Updates (maintaining trace data on ECO\’s) * Migration of user settings (customizations) on new installations * Custom thermal pads on rectangular, oval, rounded, or chamfered pads * Allow flood over of thermal relief PADS on specific instances * Layout/Router Synchronization * Differential pairs enhancements * Resizable dialog boxes in PADS Layout and Logic * PADS Logic Update from Library on...

Filed under: PCB Layout and routing, PCB design, SPB, Allegro PCB Editor, Constraint Manager, via, PCB Editor, PCB, SPB 16.3, Allegro 16.3, \”PCB design\”, SPB16.3 Current design technologies require extremely tight matching requirements right down to the overall net topologies to ensure that any deviations in propagation delays are minimized. As a result, design guidelines call for matching the number of vias for a group of signals. The prior releases of Constraint Manager support a \”MAX_VIA_COUNT\” constraint which does not meet the needs of these new design requirements. The SPB16.3 Allegro PCB Editor constraint system now supports a method to check for an equal number of vias in addition to a \”maximum\” number of vias on a group of nets...

Recommended for simulating all FPGA designs (Cyclone? Arria? and Stratix?series FPGA designs) 33 percent faster simulation performance than ModelSim?Altera?Starter edition Support for simulating small FPGA designs 10,000 executable line limitation 1) Unpack and install. 2) Copy license.dat to a permanent place. 3) Add the path+filename to your LM_LICENSE_FILE (separate other licenses with ; ) 4) Enjoy this release! Course DescriptionThis training provides an overview of Mentor Graphic\’s ModelSim® software. You will learn the basics about simulation and how to simulate with projects. You will learn how to work with multiple libraries and debug with the Dataflow window. You will view simulation waveforms in the Wave window and analyze performance with the Performance Profiler. Finally, you will analyze simulation results with...

SoC GDS offers an intuitive user interface, providing advanced productivity enhancing functionalities, throughou the design creation and validation chains. SoC GDS addresses a wide range of needs, from quick and easy layout viewing, to final insertions of cells before mask generation, via advanced hierarchical integration of blocks, including solutions for preserving confidentiality in case of verifications. This framework independent Streamer focuses on standard exchange formats for bridging proprietary EDA Frameworks. Through dedicated options, SoC GDS fits the needs of Virtual Component providers, SoC integrators and process/product engineers. It is also the ideal solution t complete quality procedures for acceptance of layout databases by chip finishing teams, mask shops or silicon foundries.Product:Dolphin.Integration.SoC.GDS.v6.6.0 Lanaguage:english Platform:Winxp/Win7 Size:47 MB

SMASH is the reference Analog and Mixed-Signal (AMS), Logic and Mixed-Signal (LMS) and All-in-One Simulator enabling truthfully the combination of digital, logic and analog multi-domain modeling with no need for a cosimulation backplane, as well as Instruction Set Simulation (ISS). Moreover, the extensive support of design kits and foundry model parameter sets is regularly enhanced with new and emerging SPICE device model implementations (Level 49, from BSIM 3 to BSIM 4v6, EKV, ACM, MM9, VBIC, MEXTRAM, JUNCAP2, PSP).Product:Dolphin Integration Smash v5.15.0 Lanaguage:english Platform:Winxp/Win7 Size:132 MB

Calibre® is the overwhelming market share leader and the industry standard for IC physical verification, due to the outstanding performance, accuracy and reliability of Calibre products. Over the last two years, Calibre nmDRC™ has reduced average DRC runtime by a factor of five, while Calibre\’s innovative Hyperscaling and MTFlex™ technologies have cut memory requirements in half. Calibre nmDRC also reduced overall cycle time with incremental DRC, which allows designers to make DRC runs in parallel. As DRC violations are reported, designers can immediately fix and recheck just the affected areas, while the initial DRC run continues. To handle complex and multi-variate, multi-dimensional checks that are not adequately addressed by traditional design rules, Calibre nmDRC\’s equation-based DRC (eqDRC) capability enables designers...

FloTHERM enables engineers to create virtual models of electronic equipment, perform thermal analysis, and test design modifications quickly and easily before any physical prototypes are built. FloTHERM uses advanced CFD techniques to predict airflow, temperature, and heat transfer in components, boards, and complete systems. With a 98% user recommendation rating, FloTHERM is the undisputed world leader for electronics thermal analysis and has more users, application examples, libraries and published white papers than all otherModels that range in scale from single ICs on a PCB to full racks of electronics are assembled quickly from a complete set of SmartParts (intelligent model creation macros) that are supplied with FloTHERM from a large list of suppliers from around the globe. SmartParts capture modeling...