Xtreme Design

Peter Dill, Senior Engineer, IBM Research GmbH, Switzerland, speaks on how Xtreme Design Technology helped his team

Xtreme Design technology, patented by Mentor Graphics, enables multiple design clients, connected on a LAN or WAN network, to simultaneously edit and update a common PCB layout database in real time. Utilizing XtremePCB allows multiple PCB designers to work collaboratively on a single design and reduces cycle times by over 60% for PCB placement, routing, drafting, manufacturing preparation, and verification. XtremeAR applies multiple processors to auto-routing, reducing execution times by up to 10x.

PCB design teams can take advantage of a full 24-hour day to work continuously on a design by globally dispersed teams, as well as leverage idle machines to complete PCB routing projects in hours that once took days to complete.

XtremeAR

For Auto-Routing:

• Utilizes up to 15 CPUs simultaneously for 10x faster auto-routing of large PCBs
• Enables large batch PCB routing operations from anywhere in the world
• Performs extremely fast and accurate auto-routing on multiple heterogeneous platforms
• Provides ability to test multiple design options (part placement, constraints, layers, etc.) to find most effective choice

Learn More!  Download technical paper: Distributed Autorouting Using XtremeAR

XtremePCB

XtremePCB is a revolutionary and exciting new technology that enables multiple PCB designers to work on a single design database simultaneously. Unlike traditional team design methodologies that employ a split-and-join approach to design collaboration, XtremePCB requires no physical partitioning and every designer sees all other client edits in real-time.

Product Benefits

For Global Team Collaboration:

• Enables multiple, globally dispersed PCB designers to work on a single design database simultaneously
• Permits designers to work on critical areas of a design without impacting the productivity of other design collaborators
• Allows each designer to see all other client edits in real time ? requires no physical partitioning
• Reduces PCB system design cycle time by 40-70%

Learn More! Download technical paper: Simultaneous Design Technology: A Revolution

Specialists can work on critical areas of a design without impacting the productivity of the other design collaborators.