Sponsors
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HP is the leading EDA high performance computing platform solutions provider. HP offers a broad range of workstations, servers, blades and storage solutions all designed to maximize datacenter power and cooling efficiency. HP partners with all leading EDA software providers, to ensure that our joint solutions provide customers with the highest performance for design productivity and time to market. Please visit us at the HP booth to discuss your EDA computing requirements and to enter a drawing for valuable prizes!
Perception Software's EDAConnect provides users of Mentor Graphics PCB or DMS applications a real-time connection with their enterprise PLM systems. EDAConnect allow engineers to perform design check-in/check-out, Bill-of-Material publishing and redlining, component analysis, and design viewing/markup all in the context of their Mentor Graphics design environment. www.perceptionsoftware.com
PTC solutions for electronics and high tech are designed to meet the product lifecycle management requirements of electronics manufacturers. These solutions include product development process and data management, electronic verification and collaboration, environmental regulatory compliance and 3D mechanical design. PTC has over 3,000 high tech customers, including the 30 largest electronics manufacturers across the globe. Further information is available at www.ptc.com.
PARTICIPANTS
ADVIA Corporation is the leader in PCB Design Validation tools for 20 Years.
- ~ Fully integrated with CAD Systems
- ~ Low Cost of Ownership...No scripts...No Consultants...No Dedicated Support Personnel
ADIVA Tools:
- ~ ADVIAnet, Netlist compare
- ~ ADIVAdrc, Design Rule Checking
- ~ ADIVAdfa, Assembly Checking
- ~ ADIVAsi, Signal Integrity Validation
- ~ ADIVAview, Intelligent Design Viewer .
Altera is the leader in innovative custom logic solutions for customers in a wide variety of industries. In addition to FPGAs, CPLDs and ASIC devices, Altera's comprehensive solutions portfolio contains fully integrated software development tools, versatile embedded processors, optimized intellectual property cores, development kits and a variety of reference designs.
Ansoft, LLC, a subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc., is a leading developer of high-performance electronic design automation (EDA) software. Engineers use Ansoft software to achieve first-pass system success when designing mobile communication and Internet-access devices, broadband networking components and systems, integrated circuits (ICs), printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electromechanical systems. Ansoft's unique ability to leverage rigorous electromagnetic modeling within circuit and system simulation provides a highly-accurate design flow for fast, efficient and simulation driven product development.
AWR®, the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA, is a provider of software solutions that quicken the pace at which high-tech products like cell phones and satellite systems are developed. When AWR software is part of the design process, engineers can deliver cutting edge, affordable products faster, more reliably, and at a lower cost.
The company's key differentiator is its core technology, which embodies years of knowledge and expertise in RF, microwave, and millimeter wave design. Its open and flexible software architecture provides design automation across vendor tools, helping users to maximize productivity through the ability to choose the best tool for each part of the design process.
Coupling Wave Solutions(r) (CWS) WaveIntegrity platform targets analysis and resolution of parasitic coupling between digital cores and analog or RF blocks and helps successful integration of Mixed-Signal SOCs and SIPs. WaveIntegrity offers full system noise calculations from initial system-level definitions to layout level. WaveIntegrity automatically analyzes the complete system to predict electrical aggression generated by all components, propagation through a combination of interconnects, silicon substrate and package parasitics and the impact on sensitive analog/RF blocks. The technology predicts noise budgets, supports designs having multiple power domains and integrates seamlessly into any customer flows. Benefits include better I/O and ESD strategies, improved IP isolations and much more...
Through its Synchronicity product line, ENOVIA MatrixOne helps customers connect their electronic design environments directly to the extended enterprise, enabling global inter-company design teams to work together in real time-reducing design and development costs, leveraging design expertise, improving quality and accelerating time to market.
The Dini Group's circuit boards feature the most advanced FPGAs configured in the most usable way for ASIC prototyping. Dini's experience with application partitioning and real time data management is reflected in the high speed interconnects and useful architecture of the hardware. Most products break the 1-cent/ASIC gate barrier.
DownStream Technologies is a progressive software company focused on helping engineering organizations automate the PCB Release Process. Our software tools (CAM350 and BluePrint-PCB) redefine how engineering professionals post-process PCB designs to create and distribute all the deliverables required for a complete PCB assembly release package.
Magma’s software is used by the world’s top semiconductor companies to create the complex, high-performance chips required in cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3 players, DVD/digital video, networking, automotive electronics and other electronic applications. Magma’s analog and digitial IC implementation, analysis, physical verification and circuit simulation solutions enable designers to reduce design time and costs.
Paradigm Works is a leading chip development services and software company recognized for engineering excellence, integrity in business, and overall productivity and cost effectiveness. We offer verification services in all of the leading languages, including SystemVerilog, 'e', SystemC, Vera.
Paradigm Works' SystemVerilog FrameWorksTM verification tool delivers best-learned practices from thousands of hours of project accomplishments in an easy to use package that enables rapid verification project rampup. FrameWorks is a verification environment platform architected to provide a solid foundation for a comprehensive solution - leaving only your device specific verification code to complete the environment.
Sonnet Software is dedicated to the development of high-frequency electromagnetic analysis software. Sonnet's software is aimed at today's demanding design challenges involving predominantly 3D planar circuits and antennas (including microstrip, stripline, coplanar waveguide, PCB (single and multiple layers) and RF packages incorporating any number of layers of metal traces embedded in stratified dielectric material. After 25 years in business, Sonnet is the industry source that engineers and their organizations have come to trust.
SpringSoft, Inc. is the leading global EDA Company that specializes in delivering unique automation technologies to the design and verification community. The Springsoft Novas(r) verification enhancement product line focuses on providing automated debug solutions that cut debug time in half and visibility automation solutions that minimize simulation overhead. In addition, the Springsoft Laker(r) custom IC design product line delivers unsurpassed controllable automation to the layout process. Visit us at the sponsor pavilion to learn more about out how SpringSoft accelerates engineers.
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Special U2U 2008 Speaker: Steve Wozniak
A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products, the Apple I and II, and influenced the popular Macintosh.
Usability Lab
Get the most out of your U2U experience by engaging with Mentor Graphics technical writers, engineers and support representatives at the Usability Lab.
The 2008 usability lab will showcase Calibre, ModelSim & Questa, PADS, Expedition and more.
Technical Workshops
Product training workshops are designed to give you hands-on experience with Mentor's EDA design tools.
This year, we are offering 26 Product Training Workshops and holding them before, during and after the conference.
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Come join us, November 4 - 6 for Hands-on Product Training, Customer Presentations and Networking.
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