Newest Version of Zuken’s CR-5000 Software Focuses on Technology, Infrastructure and Process Optimization
May 17, 2011 – Munich, Germany and Westford, MA, USA – Zuken today announced the availability of CR-5000 revision 13.0, its most advanced design suite for electronics systems and PCBs. This new release sees the introduction of new core technology for power integrity analysis along with a wide array of developments to accelerate process optimization and integration including more efficient DRC checking, improvements in hierarchical design, management of constraint data and more.
"Because of the software’s reliability and stability, CR-5000 has earned a reputation of being a high quality product among our customers. This means that the bulk of our engineering resources can be spent on customer requested enhancements rather than fixing defects. With this new release, we have continued to focus on customer requests and meeting the technology challenges of tomorrow," said Steve Chidester, head of product marketing at Zuken.
System-Level Design Improves Hierarchy and Upfront Rules/Constraint Data
Also released with CR-5000 is the latest version of Design Gateway, Zuken’s premier system-level schematic design solution. Design Gateway has been improved with more than 70 enhancements in hierarchical design, constraint management, and interactive editing.
The use of hierarchy in designs has been widely adopted across different industries. To reflect this, Design Gateway now supports different modes of design including copied and embedded blocks, particularly useful for organizations moving away from the traditional shared block methodology. The hierarchy functionality also provides page numbering, consistency checks when opening and saving the hierarchical circuit, plus comparison and updating functionality when dealing with source data.
To improve right-the-first-time design, Design Gateway’s Rules Checker has enhanced checks for power and ground nets, bus bit count and bus bit order mismatches, along with pin information among design variations.
Faster Board Design with Integrated High-Speed Functionality
The performance of CR-5000 Board Designer has been enhanced in numerous ways. The time to run a full DRC on very large designs now only takes a few minutes. Generating copper areas and autocorrecting them as traces plow through or boundaries change, is now much quicker. For both of these functions there is an obvious time saving, but the secondary impact is that designers are able to perform these checks and updates continually throughout the design process with significant improvement to their daily productivity.
Zuken has incorporated some of its leading-edge routing technology from the high-speed design environment CR-5000 Lightning into the core functionality for CR-5000 Board Designer. This permits board designers to perform trunk routing and lengthening on buses or differential pairs directly in CR-5000 Board Designer with full constraint adherence.
For companies working with other organizations or sites operating on different revisions of the software, database compatibility between the versions has been streamlined. By being able to jump back and forth from designs within any version, the design process becomes much more flexible.
To improve performance on a manufacturing level, the creation of tear drops on the-fly is now much more advanced with a wide selection of options to deliver better designs ready for manufacture.
New Power Integrity Software for Analysis of High-Speed PCBs
Zuken recently announced a new CR-5000 Lightning module for concurrent power integrity and EMC analysis within the PCB design flow. This new module, called CR-5000 Lightning Power Integrity Advance enables PCB design engineers to perform advanced power integrity analysis for AC and DC power distribution noise at any point during the physical design process. Design time is shortened by eliminating iterations and rework; for example, decoupling capacitor optimization effort can be reduced by up to 40 percent.
CR-5000 is now available, for more information visit www.zuken.com/cr-5000
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About CR-5000
CR-5000 is Zuken’s most advanced design suite for electronics systems and PCBs (printed circuit boards). It was developed to tackle complex design needs that involve managing the complete development and manufacturing preparation process on an enterprise-wide scale. CR-5000 offers cutting-edge functionality for the design of complex and high-speed boards, addressing design challenges such as signal integrity and EMC, while ensuring high-yield manufacturability. The performance of CR-5000, coupled with its modular and scalable design environment, provides product development teams across disciplines and geographic boundaries with the flexibility needed for handling multi-user designs.
About Zuken
Zuken is a global provider of leading-edge software and consulting services for electrical and electronic design and manufacturing. Founded in 1976, Zuken has the longest track record of technological innovation and financial stability in the electronic design automation (EDA) software industry. The company’s extensive experience, technological expertise and agility, combine to create world-class software solutions. Zuken’s transparent working practices and integrity in all aspects of business produce long-lasting and successful customer partnerships that make Zuken a reliable long-term business partner.
Zuken is focused on being a long-term innovation and growth partner. The security of choosing Zuken is further reinforced by the company’s people - the foundation of Zuken’s success. Coming from a wide range of industry sectors, specializing in many different disciplines and advanced technologies, Zuken’s people relate to and understand each company’s unique requirements. For more information about the company and its products, visit www.zuken.com.
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