Integrated launches Version 8 of it hybrid simulation software suite
20 November 2009
Integrated Engineering hybrid simulation software suite is now in Version 8.0 and brings a number of new general enhancements, which will make it easier and quicker to use. Improvements have been made specifically to the 2D and 3D modelling products.
In all version 8.0 software, visualisation tools have been improved and now have the ability to undertake gradient contour plots, which will make use of the entire colour spectrum. Additionally, log plots to contours, arrows and isosurfaces have been included for viewing data in both 2D and 3D over many orders of magnitude. Ambient temperature can now also be defined globally and changed parametrically. This is useful in ‘what if’ scenarios if a device will be operated in different temperature environments.
In 3D versions of the software, the ability to parallel the computations is the greatest advance. Combining this ability with 64 bit processors and by using 32 gigabytes of memory, speed increases of more than 50 times have been achieved. In most 3D programs the self-adaptive algorithms have been altered to work seamlessly with the 3D BEM code - faster and more accurate than the manual placement of elements.
Improvements in version 8.0 mean 2D programs now have a far tighter coupling between the electric and thermal fields. As the temperature of the device changes, the electrical properties dependent on temperature will be updated. The ability to create transient boundary conditions and sources has also been radically improve; sources are now created in the source library and then assigned. Handling transient problems has been the main emphasis of v8.0 for all of Integrated's 2D solvers. The addition of a true 'time modeller' enables the user to create almost any time signal possible. Standard time signals such as square waveforms can be added or multiplied with other standard functions such as logoriths or sinusoids. In addition, tabular sources can be imported trivially.
Version 8 is available on a 30 day free trial.
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