PCB Forum 2015
Today’s
Agenda
Time
Agenda topic
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Registration
9:00 am – 9:15 am
Introduction to Xpedition: Groundbreaking new VX.1 release
9:15 am – 9:45 am
Guest speaker - Success with Xpedition
9:45 am – 10:45 am
Design creation & FPGA-PCB optimization
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break
11:00 am – 11:45 am Co-design of IC, package & board
11:45 am – 12:30 pm Virtual prototyping & electrical sign-off for the PCB engineer
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Accelerating adoption – planning & implementation guide
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Mastering the innovations in PCB layout
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Layout (continued)
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Wrap-up including future plans
5:00 pm
Lucky draw / closing comments
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Trends in PCB Complexity
Total metal layers
2004
6.5/6.5 5.4/5.4
8
10
2009
4/4
3.9/4.2
14
14
101
76
75
53
1465
2952
3411
2109
# Pin-to-pin connections 5190
8813
10960
6228
Total area
(in2)
# Nets
# Components
# Component pins
Leads / part
Leads / in2
649
1981
3400
4214
7760
13505 10122
7
6
42
155
5
244
2608
350
20.0
2014
18.0
300
16.0
250
14.0
12.0
200
10.0
150
8.0
6.0
100
Area, Leads/in2
Min trace/spacing (th)
1994
Trace width, Layers, Leads/part
Design Trend
4.0
50
2.0
0.0
0
1994
1999
2004
2009
2014
4
304
Min trace width (th)
Total metal layers
Total area (in2)
Average leads / in2
Average leads / part
* Data based on Technology Leadership Awards entry averages
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Evolution of PCB Tools
1990s
2000s
2014
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Mentor Graphics Corporation
PCB Market Share 2013, Worldwide
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Founded in 1981
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Enabling PCB design since 1984
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Headquartered in Oregon, USA Ansoft
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FY2014 revenues $1.15B
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PCB market leader
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R&D investment leader
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Others
11%
Mentor
Graphics
41%
Altium
6%
7%
Zuken
17%
Cadence
Design
Systems
18%
Award-winning support
*Source: Gary Smith EDA, 2014
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Unmatched Solution Range & Depth
Xpedition
Enterprise PCB Design
PADS
Independent PCB Design
HyperLynx
Valor
PCB Analysis & Verification
PCB Assembly, Test, &
Manufacturing Execution
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The Xpedition Evolution
2005
2007
Expedition Enterprise 2005
Expedition Enterprise 2007
Integrated flow for
schematic & layout
Meeting the demands
of enterprise IT
environments
2014
2009
Expedition Enterprise 7.9.x
Mainstream deployment
Xpedition Enterprise VX
Meeting the demands of
modern development
organizations
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Widening The Gap - Systems Design Innovation in VX.1
Technology Leadership
Concurrent Layout
Sketch Router
Library & Design Data
Management
Design Rule Checker
Package/PCB
Co-Design
3D Design
New Product
Introduction
Electromagnetic
Simulation
Collaborative Design
Review
Multi-Board Systems
Design
Signal Integrity
Analysis
Power Integrity
Analysis
Thermal Analysis
Virtual HALT
FPGA-to-Board Design
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Xpedition Release VX.1 By The Numbers
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Easy Upgrade in 3 Recommended Steps
Upgrade tools
Start with 32 bit
Validate automation
3D implementation
64 bit consideration
Library infrastructure
Design data
mgmt.
Minimize Risk and Improve Productivity Immediately
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PCB Forums
Powered By Xpedition Design Data Management
All data (designs, presentations, protocols, etc.) are managed in
the central environment
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Systems design integration
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Revision control
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Access control
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Status tracking
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Web-based collaboration

Release control
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26th Annual Technology Leadership
Awards Competition
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Global competition
Industry expert judges
Longest running
competition for PCB
designers
Be recognized within your
team, company and
industry
Timeline
TLA Winners
– TBD Fall 2015
www.mentor.com/go/tla
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