EMPro’s speed, accuracy, and efficiency improvements go a long way in meeting the needs of today’s high-frequency, high-speed device designers, said Marc Petersen, product marketing lead in Agilent’s EEsof EDA organization. These improvements also provide a significant benefit to users of our Advanced Design System software, who are using EMPro within their design flow.
Some of the new capabilities now available in EMPro 2010 include:
* faster finite element method (FEM) simulations through meshing improvements and use of symmetry planes;
* built-in acceleration of finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations utilizing graphics processor unit (GPU) hardware;
* enhanced FEM accuracy through the use of new sheet ports and material property models;
* improved design efficiency with a new bondwire component, ODB++ file support for printed-circuit-board designs, and several other new user interface features; and
* Microsoft Windows® 7 support in addition to Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Linux support.