Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced a 10x speed increase of its planar 3-D electromagnetic (EM) simulator, part of the Update 1 release of its Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software platform. The speed improvement reportedly helps RFIC, RF module and high-speed gigabit serial-link designers take advantage of EM simulation for faster, more accurate design and signal integrity verification.

"The 10x speed improvement and meshing accuracy makes EM problem-solving possible for even very large and complex designs," said Jan Van-Hese, of the company's R&D division.