| Last Updated: 07 August 2008 |
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| Product feature/capability added or improved |
ADS 2008 |
ADS 2008
Update1 |
ADS 2008
Update2 |
| Windows Vista support (32, 64-bit) |
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| New Project Management (improved workspace organization & file management, drag&drop subnetwork placement, heirarchical copy/rename) |
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| New Greeting "Getting Started" greeting screen and "how-to" videos |
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| Fast 1-Click Help Navigation |
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| Improved Design Navigation: Mouse scroll-wheel pan and zoom, panning using mouse or keyboard |
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| Improved Layout: Via auto-insertion; translucent fill patterns for easy layer visibility |
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| Artwork Translators: New DFX Import and Export, New Gerber Export |
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| Improved Usability for Design Rule Checking to easily find and fix errors |
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| Improved Schematic / Layout design synchronization guarantees correct layouts |
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| 3D Viewer* improved to include layer color mapping from layout |
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| ADS Simulation: Faster DC, AC and Transient Simulation Speed-Ups |
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| ADS Simulation: New Power Probe directly calculates power at a node without cumbersome equations |
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| ADS Simulation: New S-parameter Probe directly extracts bi-directional inter-stage S-parameters |
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| ADS Simulation: HSPICE® compatibility |
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| ADS Simulation: Simulated Annealing optimizer converges on the best solution for difficult problems |
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| ADS Simulation: Large datasets for increased capacity (64-bit) |
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| ADS Simulation: Remote simulation using new distributed bundled license |
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| Momentum: Multi-threaded matrix loading on multi-core shared memory systems |
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| "EMDS for ADS": Directly create parameterized JEDEC-compliant bond wire shapes for 3-D EM analysis |
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| ADS Data Display: Intelligent symbol spacing on traces |
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| ADS Data Display: Improved page management with tabs |
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| ADS Data Display: CSV data export |
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| ADS Editing and Layout Support: New Redo function |
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| ADS Editing and Layout Support: New shape editing dialog with multiple selection |
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| Momentum: Layout pre-processor eliminates meshing errors |
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| Momentum: Simulates very large structures 6 times larger than previously possible |
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| Momentum: Memory usage reduced by 50% |
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| Momentum: Simulates up to 10 times faster |
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| Momentum: New Momentum Turbo enables true distributed simulations on compute clusters |
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| Momentum: Multi-core multi-threading for matrix load and matrix solve |
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| Modeling and Circuit Simulation: Faster (3X-10X) Harmonic Balance simulation of very large circuits |
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| Modeling and Circuit Simulation: Supports latest PSP102.2 (NXP SiMKit) and HiSIM 2.40 models |
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| Modeling and Circuit Simulation: MOSVAR varactor model & TOM4 model |
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| Modeling and Circuit Simulation: W-Element import from HSPICE® netlists |
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| Modeling and Circuit Simulation: New de-embedding components for ease of use |
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| Modeling and Circuit Simulation: Impulse Response Model Writer |
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| Modeling and Circuit Simulation: IBIS series switch / MOSFET support |
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| Modeling and Circuit Simulation: Noise figure simulation in Circuit Envelope |
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| Modeling and Circuit Simulation: Ptolemy sources exportable to GoldenGate |
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| Modeling and Circuit Simulation: New UMB Wireless Library |
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| EM: Integrated 2D and 3DEM halves module cycle time by effectively doubling design efficiency |
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| EM: Improved 3DEM Speed and Capacity |
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| EM: Visualization in 3D layout previewer |
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| EM: Momentum layout pre-processor simplifies layouts for optimal EM performance |
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| EM: Improved Momentum substrate editor |
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| EM: ADS link to AMDS for designing adaptive antenna matching to optimize phone performance |
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| Circuit Simulation: Batch simulation automates sweeps around multiple sets of measured, simulated, or modeled data |
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| Circuit Simulation: Job queuing supports LSF or Sun Grid engine for multiple simulation job management outside of ADS |
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| Circuit Simulation: 3X multi-threading Transient-Convolution speedup beats leading SPICE in speed and accuracy |
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| New RF PAE (Power-Added Efficiency) test bench and example |
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| Circuit Simulation: New Yield Sensitivity Histogram templates exactly pinpoint yield problems in just a few minutes |
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| Modeling: Improved IBIS 4.2 support |
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| Modeling: New Pole-Zero element for Broadband Spice |
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| Modeling: SiMKit updated to v3.1 |
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| Modeling: Support for HISIM 2.4.1 |
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| Modeling: Enhanced LTE Wireless Library supports downlink MIMO, 2 or 4 antennas, for Space-Time Coding (STC) |
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| Modeling: Mobile WiMAX (802.16e) Wireless Library now supports Wave 2 standard |
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| ADS Data Display: Fast, enhanced display performance for zoom, pan, redraw |
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| ADS Editing and Layout, Data Display: Fast remote display performance |
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| ADS Editing and Layout: New enhanced Library Browser with automatic column width and fast search |
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| ADS Editing and Layout: New Simulation Variables Dialog for fast viewing and editing of all variables for tuning or optimization |
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| ADS Editing and Layout: ODB++ format for precision layout export to manufacturing |
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| ADS Editing and Layout: Component level Design Rule Check ensures correct RF module physical design |
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| ADS Installation: Fast, enhanced install and uninstall on Windows platforms |
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| Ship Date (month/year) |
Jan 2008 |
May 2008 |
Sept 2008 |
