SANTA CLARA, CA – Sigrity Inc. introduces OptimizePI, a next-generation power delivery system (PDS) solution that is said to be the first to provide minimum-cost decoupling capacitor selection and placement to achieve desired PDS performance.
 
This new solution is based on Sigrity’s analysis and verification capabilities for the entire PCB and IC package structure. It reportedly allows designers to assess PDS performance against design specifications, make interactive “what if” decap placement and selection investigations, minimize decap cost for specified PDS performance and judge performance vs. lowest-cost tradeoffs.
 
OptimizePI considers both component and manufacturing costs during its automated selection and placement of decoupling capacitors. Its use reportedly results in significant cost savings, both through component count reduction and selection of lower-cost capacitors, with no degradation of PDS performance. Using OptimizePI, it is said that designers can recapture the PCB or IC package area for unnecessarily placed decap pads and vias.
 
Jiayuan Fang, president of Sigrity, said “Our customers tell us that, until now, power integrity tools did not explicitly consider design cost or optimization, forcing them to ‘best guess’ decap placement in their designs, or resort to over-designing. OptimizePI relieves them of this burden and the costs of unnecessarily robust performance. It helps them make effective business-level decisions and results in significant cost savings for their companies.”