Product News and Features... Introducing Broadband SPICE - A new software product for the conversion of S, Z or Y network parameters to highly accurate SPICE circuits.   -- May, 2002 PowerSI: Touchstone format files can now be loaded into PowerSI. -- May, 2002 SPEED2000 now allows area adjustable Plane RLGC -- May, 2002 It is now possible to vary the distributed plane RLGC parameters across specified areas. SPEED2000 has been enhanced to have 3D zoom-in feature by selecting an area. -- April, 2002 SPEED2000 New Feature Via Extension (Extension of vias using existing vias or existing nodes) -- April, 2002 This feature provides a convenient way of connecting merged structures. SPEED2000 now facilitates Merging and Connecting Packages through Via Extension  -- April, 2002 SPEED2000 now models "Digital_Sinesquare" and "Digital_Ramp".  -- April, 2002 They are used in the voltage and the current sources and produce digital signals in specified patterns. PowerSI automatically compensates for effects due to the size of via radius. -- March 28, 2002 For vias of certain physical sizes, computation results are virtually invariant with the mesh selected.  SPEED2000 now enables INTEL Cougar users to set INTEL SPICE-like control parameters in .spd file for the co-simulation of SPEED2000 and Cougar.  -- March 15, 2002  PowerSI now models field penetration through metal planes. -- March 7, 2002 Ensure accurate modeling in mid and low frequencies.   SPEED2000 now models trace over split planes. -- February 21, 2002 Effects for most of the cases related to trace over split planes can now be modeled.  PowerSI now models non-total reflection boundary condition on edges of metal planes. -- February 20, 2002 The boundary condition implemented reflects what happens in reality.    PowerSI NEW Feature: Full domain adaptive frequency sweeping.  -- February 19, 2002 The frequency domain sweeping becomes fully automated.  PADS2SPD !!NEW TRANSLATOR!!  -- February 7, 2002 PADS2Spd is the SIGRITY tool for translating Innoveda PADS PowerPCB data, in specified* .asc file format, to .spd file format.  SPEED2000 now models non-total reflection boundary condition at edges of metal planes. -- January 4, 2002 The boundary condition implemented reflects what happens in reality.   SPEED2000 now models circuits connected to patches or planes of different references. -- December 19, 2001 Human interaction on circuit-patch connections are greatly reduced.   PowerSI now exports port parameters (S, Z, Y) to Touchstone (SnP format); also, curves can now be exported in .cur file format for easy import to SPEED2000 for comparison.  -- December 19, 2001  SPEED2000 (SPDGEN) now enables users to organize and view nets on the basis of group hierarchy. -- November 28, 2001  PowerSI-Beta is now available. -- November 27, 2001 PowerSI, with a fast and accurate field computation engine running in the frequency domain, is introduced for power and signal integrity analysis of PCBs and IC packages.  ICX2SPD !!NEW TRANSLATOR!!  ICX2SPD is the program for translating data files from Mentor Graphic’s Interconnect Synthesis (IS/ICX) product into Sigrity product compatible files (.spd) -- November 12, 2001 SPEED2000 now models hollow vias. -- August 17, 2001 SPEED2000 now models hollow vias and a "plating thickness" may be specified.  SPEED2000 now models via resistance. -- August 7, 2001 SPEED2000 now models the presence of via resistance during simulation.  SPEED2000 now models electromagnetic field coupling through planes. -- July 19, 2001 SPEED2000 now models the effects of electromagnetic field coupling due to field penetration through metal planes.  Polygon simplification speeds simulation. -- June 15, 2001 SPEED2000 now offers a polygon simplification option that can significantly speed simulation.  SPEED2000 now calculates dispersion. -- June 12, 2001 SPEED2000 now calculates dispersion related to parallel-plate mode fields.  A new (simulation) Post Processing Interface. -- June 7, 2001 SPEED2000 features a NEW (Simulation) Post Processing interface 6-7-01 SPEED2000 now models multiple vias snapped to one mesh point. -- April 6, 2001 SPEED2000 now models multiple vias that are snapped to one mesh point. This makes a coarser mesh possible -- which speeds simulation time. BRD2SPD now can read in components directly. -- March 23, 2001 This beta BRD2SPD will automatically translate all the components in the board layout file into SPD file, for example, all the decoupling capacitor values and locations. For more info and a beta test, please contact us. All IBIS buffer models are implemented in SPEED2000! -- March 14, 2001 All IBIS buffers (14 in total) were completely implemented in SPEED2000 BRD2SPD gains automated script to eliminate possible manual conversion procedures of BRD file! -- February 9, 2001 Previously, depend on the Windows OS and Cadence installation, manual works may be needed to convert the binary Cadence BRD file to ascii Cadence BRD file. Now with the all new BRD2SPD, the whole procedure becomes fully automated! SPEED2000 now supports IBIS models! -- February 9, 2001 More information on this feature will be available soon on the web site, such as correlation studies, comparison with HSPICE B element model, comparison with transistor model, etc.  SPEED2000 now supports transmission line simulation with frequency dependant dielectric constant and loss tangent! -- February 9, 2001