ANSYS Advantage - Volume VIII, Issue 3, 2014

SPOTLIGHT ON HIGH TECH
Automakers and their supply chain already apply engineering simulation to address some of today’s problems: fuel-efficiency standards, potential warranty issues (with reputation and financial consequences), and the transition to hybrid and electric vehicles (H/EVs). They also embrace big ideas — disruptive technology — like self-driving cars. But the key to success is how the industry leverages the big-picture power of simulation to innovate, fulfill consumer demands, comply with stringent regulatory demands, and meet development time, cost and performance targets.
Featured Stories
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Hot Wire
Multiphysics simulation helps to achieve robust electronics design for high-power antennas and microwave components.
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EDITORIAL
Driving the High-Tech Revolution
Fast-paced and hyper-competitive, the global high-tech industry is characterized by groundbreaking product innovations and rapid-fire market launches. Simulation provides an essential means for market leaders to quickly introduce revolutionary new features and functionality — while still honoring their foundational product promise. -
NEWS
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TEST AND MEASUREMENT
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CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
Refresh Your Memory
Ooma saved 50 cents on each of hundreds of thousands of devices by using ANSYS tools to design a DDR3 subsystem that does not require a termination voltage regulator. -
RF AND MICROWAVE
Hot Wire
Multiphysics simulation helps to achieve robust electronics design for high-power antennas and microwave components. -
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
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WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
More Gain, Less Pain
Using simulation, Vortis can design a more efficient cell phone antenna in up to 90 percent less time. -
IC DESIGN
Managing IP Risks
IP-aware SoC power noise and reliability analysis workflow is required in the FinFET era. -
NETWORKING
Overcoming Uncertainties in High-Speed Communication Channels
ANSYS HFSS helps verify the ability of cost-effective laminates to support communications speeds of 10 gigabits per second or greater. -
PCB DESIGN
Maintaining Power and Signal Integrity
The ever-changing hardware that supports big data and the Internet of Things must be fast, reliable and quickly developed. -
FLUID–THERMAL SYSTEM DESIGN
Above the Cloud
Cloud computing reduces by 80 percent the time required for a coupled CFD and structural simulation. -
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE
Eye in the Sky
A small engineering team designed, verified, generated and integrated 125,000 lines of code to control an unmanned aerial system using ANSYS SCADE in one-third the time required had the code been written in C. -
ACADEMIC
On the Wing
Butterfly wings generate far more lift than can be accounted for by steady-state, non-transitory aerodynamics. -
ANALYSIS TOOLS
Blending Design and Simulation
SpaceClaim and ANSYS bring innovative design and analysis closer together. -
ANALYSIS TOOLS
GPUs Speed the Solution of Complex Electromagnetic Simulation
The ANSYS HFSS transient solver leverages NVIDIA’s leadership in GPU computing to enable quick solutions for transient electromagnetic simulation. -
ACADEMIC
Ice Breaker
Systems simulation helps design antennas for the first unmanned aircraft system used to measure polar ice sheets. -
ACADEMIC
Bringing Down the Volume
The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University have teamed up with the Advanced Research Project Agency - Energy and others to develop novel high-frequency, magnetic nanocomposite materials for power applications with material performance proven by ANSYS simulation. -
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN
Safety in Numbers
ANSYS Autodyn helps to determine effectiveness of alternative transit tunnel security measures.