Cadence Launches ActiveParts Portal and Brings New Productivity-Boosting Technology to Latest OrCAD Release
November 12 2008 - 8:00AM
Marketwired
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global
electronic design innovation, today introduced its new ActiveParts
Portal -- an expansion of its ActiveParts online component data
solution -- that will offer PCB design teams even greater access to
key component information. As part of the new ActiveParts Portal,
Cadence is teaming with SupplyFrame, Inc., to provide engineers
with new choices and even greater access to the component
information they need to create their designs. In addition, Cadence
announced new productivity-boosting technology and enhancements for
the Cadence� OrCAD� Capture CIS and Allegro� Design Entry CIS
products.
Technology and enhancements introduced for the OrCAD Capture CIS
and Allegro Design Entry CIS products include a new capability
called Context-aware Non-Linear Graphic Editing. The capability is
a new schematic editing technology for dense designs that provides
a magnifying auto-zoom between focus points during editing
operations. This auto-zoom capability greatly increases
productivity by dynamically magnifying the area under the cursor as
the user moves within the canvas. The latest OrCAD release, version
16.2, contains several other ease of use and productivity
enhancements within the OrCAD Capture CIS and PSpice A/D
products.
The Cadence ActiveParts online database allows design engineers
to find component information and directly incorporate symbols and
data into the OrCAD Capture CIS and Allegro Design Entry CIS
products. By collaborating with SupplyFrame as the first portal
member, the ActiveParts Portal provides engineers with additional
component information from a greater number of suppliers,
significantly expanding the availability of component data and part
information for engineers.
"Our goal is to help mutual customers make fast and accurate
design decisions by providing critical information directly from
the component manufacturer at the time it is needed," said Jeff
Curie, vice president of Marketing at SupplyFrame. "This
collaboration delivers the latest symbols, datasheets, specs and
information on availability from thousands of manufacturers
instantly from within the Cadence PCB design environment at no
additional cost."
"Cadence is committed to developing the technology PCB designers
need to do their jobs as efficiently and effectively as possible,"
said Josh Moore, senior product marketing manager at Cadence. "With
the ActiveParts Portal and the additional new OrCAD technology,
we've taken a big step forward."
OrCAD Capture boasts productivity and usability improvements
including an updated GUI and enhanced search capabilities enabling
users to work more efficiently; further shortening the design
cycle. New FPGA design-in features include the ability to create
split symbols, import and export FPGA pin assignments for leading
FPGA vendors tools, and ease-of-use improvements for supporting the
ECO process for FPGAs.
About Cadence
Cadence enables global electronic design innovation and plays an
essential role in the creation of today's integrated circuits and
electronics. Customers use Cadence software and hardware,
methodologies, and services to design and verify advanced
semiconductors, consumer electronics, networking and
telecommunications equipment, and computer systems. Cadence
reported 2007 revenues of approximately $1.6 billion, and has
approximately 5,100 employees. The company is headquartered in San
Jose, Calif., with sales offices, design centers, and research
facilities around the world to serve the global electronics
industry. More information about the company, its products, and
services is available at www.cadence.com.
About SupplyFrame
SupplyFrame (www.supplyframe.com) is a leading online publisher
of technical and procurement information about electronic and
industrial components. Content publishing is one piece of
SupplyFrame's online performance-based marketing system designed
for manufacturers and distributors to promote products to
engineering, procurement and manufacturing professionals
globally.
Cadence, Allegro and OrCAD are registered trademarks and the
Cadence logo is a trademark of Cadence Design Systems in the United
States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.
For more information, please contact: Dean Solov Cadence Design
Systems, Inc. 408-944-7226 dsolov@cadence.com
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