Nexxim and Ansoft Designer Now Available for Linux and Solaris

Ansoft Corporation (NASDAQ:ANST) announced the
availability of Nexxim(R) v3 and Ansoft Designer(R) v3 for the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux(R) v.3 and Sun Solaris(R) 8 and 9 operating systems.
Nexxim is the company's circuit simulation software for
high-performance IC design and signal-integrity analysis. Ansoft
Designer provides an integrated schematic and design management
front-end for complex analog, RF and mixed-signal applications. The
release of Nexxim and Ansoft Designer for Linux provides customers an
alternative to the previously released Microsoft Windows(R) versions
and leverages the growing popularity of Linux as a viable engineering
platform.
   In addition to Linux support, Nexxim v3 adds phase and
time-variant noise, autonomous source harmonic balance and seamless
integration with Cadence ADE/Spectre(R) RF. Adding accurate phase and
time-varying noise analyses to Nexxim is critical to the full
characterization of communication ICs. The ability to include both
driven and autonomous sources with a single harmonic-balance
simulation dramatically expands the accuracy and detail with which
complex transceiver circuits can be analyzed. Concurrently, Nexxim
allows engineers developing large and complex analog/RF designs to
simulate accurate transistor-level time- and frequency-domain
performance directly from within the Cadence ADE design framework,
leveraging existing design-flow infrastructure, foundry models and
circuit-related intellectual property.
   Ansoft Designer v3 offers expanded Solver on Demand(R) capability
and new design-verification technology to speed the design process of
RF systems and RF/analog ICs and to increase the accuracy of
signal-integrity studies. With Ansoft Designer v3, engineers can
capture high-frequency parasitic behavior directly in their circuit
simulation and apply that knowledge toward design optimization and
verification. Moreover, extending the Solver on Demand technology to
include HFSS(TM), Ansoft's 3D full-wave electromagnetic-field
simulation software, allows engineers to perform parametric design
optimization with GHz-accurate, full-wave extraction.
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Nexxim v3 highlights:

     --  Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.3
     --  Support for Sun Solaris 8 and 9
     --  Advanced analyses for analog/RF, mixed signal and signal
         integrity
         --  Time-varying noise analysis (mixer noise)
         --  Phase noise analysis
         --  Oscillator analysis for autonomous circuits (i.e. VCOs 
             and PLLs)
             --  Multiple methods for low Q and high Q circuits
             --  Simulate driven and autonomous source circuit in 
                 same analysis (e.g., receiver front-end with 
                 embedded VCO)
         --  DC analysis: additional continuation method
         --  Harmonic-balance analysis: pseudo-transient continuation
         --  Transient analysis: speedup for linear elements

     --  IC design-flow integration
         --  Runs seamlessly within Cadence ADE
             --  Simulates schematics and netlist entered in ADE
             --  Utilizes same analysis states and simulation controls
                 as Spectre RF
             --  Performs post-processing directly within Cadence ADE
         --  Supports most Spectre RF models and netlists syntax
         --  Supports existing Cadence-based foundry PDKs

     --  Model and simulation enhancements
         --  High-frequency models including
             --  S-parameters with noise data, optional passivity
                 enforcement, convolution option for transient 
                 analyses
             --  Microstrip, stripline and offset stripline models
         --  Native IBIS v4.1 support (HSPICE(R) buffers)

     --  Circuit/System/EM co-simulation for IC design and 
         verification
         --  Nexxim is fully integrated into the Ansoft Designer 
             platform to support system-level test bench 
             implementation and full-wave 3D parametric EM 
             co-simulation via Solver on Demand technology.

Ansoft Designer v3 highlights:

     --  Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.3
     --  Support for Sun Solaris 8 and 9
     --  Solver on Demand for HFSS
         --  Automatically generate ports, boundary box and 3D
             structure
         --  New component grouping feature
         --  Represent components with multiple models (HFSS, netlist,
             planarEM)
         --  Cache solution data across multiple instances for SOD
             elements (planarEM, HFSS, Q3D Extractor(R))

     --  Design Verification
         --  Scripted Design Rule Checking (DRC)
         --  DRC supports creating, checking, and fixing layout
             directly from within the Ansoft Designer layout editor.
         --  Develop a rule set containing scripts based on either
             JScript or VBScript
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   For more information on product pricing and availability, please
contact your nearest Ansoft office. To learn more about Nexxim v3,
visit www.ansoft.com/products/hf/nexxim/icdesign.cfm. For details
about Ansoft Designer v3, visit
www.ansoft.com/products/hf/ansoft_designer/csdesign.cfm.

   About Ansoft

   Ansoft is a leading developer of high-performance electronic
design automation (EDA) software. Engineers use Ansoft software to
design state-of-the-art electronic products, such as cellular phones,
Internet-access devices, broadband networking components and systems,
integrated circuits (ICs), printed circuit boards (PCBs), automotive
electronic systems and power electronics. Ansoft markets its products
worldwide through its own direct sales force and has comprehensive
customer-support and training offices throughout North America, Asia
and Europe. To learn more, please visit www.ansoft.com.