HP Series IV/PC Software Provides Powerful High-Frequency Design On The
Personal Computer

PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA. FEBRUARY 1, 1996 -- High-frequency-circuit designers
now can create simple, efficient designs on personal computers (PCs) with
the full circuit-simulation power of HP Series IV electronic-design
automation (EDA) software, Hewlett-Packard Company today announces.

"HP Series IV/PC EDA software HP gives PC-platform users the same, powerful
high-frequency-circuit-design tools that already are available for our
UNIX system-based-workstation users," said Jacob H. Egbert, general
manager of the HP EEsof Division.

HP Series IV/PC EDA software provides a fully integrated schematic editor,
multiple-circuit simulator, component libraries, analysis presentations
and physical-design tools for RF- and microwave-circuit designers who do
high-frequency-circuit design for commercial wireless and defense
applications and who prefer using a personal computer. HP Series IV/PC is
supported on the new 32-bit multitasking Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows
NT Version 3.51 operating systems, both of which provide significant
improvements over Windows 3.1 in application operation, memory management
and networking.

Integrated High-frequency Design Environment

Designers can create complete designs from schematic to layout with this
single product, using the familiar Windows user interface to edit
schematic parameters directly on-screen, and perform most other tasks
quickly via toolbars. Integrated simulators allow analysis and tuning
without the burden of learning a text-based circuit netlist syntax.

The integrated layout editor provides tuning directly from a layout
representation and keeps the physical design synchronized with the
schematic. With the on-line Windows help, users can find answers to
frequently asked questions.

Design for Manufacturability

HP Series IV/PC lets designers use the industry's most powerful simulation
tools to create robust designs. The frequency-domain (linear and
nonlinear) and time-domain (transient and convolution) simulators allow
designers to examine circuit performance under many operating conditions.
With access to models of more than 90,000 manufacturer parts, designers
can simulate circuits accurately, using the actual components that will go
into the circuits. The synthesis tools automatically create matching
networks, filters or network-impedance transformations.

Advanced optimization and statistical functions -- such as yield analysis
and optimization, genetic and discrete-value optimization, and design of
experiments (DOE) -- let the designer improve the robustness of a design
and reduce time-to-market by recommending the best real- world parts to
meet the desired performance and yield goals. The physical design then can
be created with the integrated layout tools, using features such as
auto-layout and bills-of-materials generation. Interfaces to IGES, GDSII,
and Gerber formats make it easy to transfer the artwork-ready design data
to the manufacturing system of choice.

Meets Needs of Cost-conscious Designer as well as Power User

HP Series IV/PC contains a wide breadth of high-frequency design tools
aimed at satisfying the needs of the engineering consultant, the engineer
doing work at home and small- to large-sized companies. HP Series IV/PC is
available as "a la carte" modules or as prepackaged design suites, making
it easy to add capability in the future. For the cost-conscious designer,
the prepackaged basic linear circuit simulation using HP Series IV/PC
Touchstone Lite is appropriate.

The Series IV/PC Touchstone Design Suite gives designers access to all HP
Series IV/PC linear circuit-design tools, and the HP Series IV/PC Libra
design suite with layout provides full linear and nonlinear circuit
simulation and physical design. For workgroups, node-locked and
network-licensed operation also are available.

Compatible with Series IV/UNIX

Series IV design files are freely interchangeable between PC and UNIX
system-based platforms. Designs can be shared among home PCs, office PCs
and office workstations.

Networked PC operation alongside UNIX system-based workstations also is
supported, thus allowing the addition of low-cost PCs to an existing UNIX
system-based installation.

U.S. Price and Availability

HP Series IV/PC software is priced from $8,000 and is expected to be
available in spring 1996. Series IV/PC is supported on Intel 80486 and
Pentium CPU-based PCs using Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT Version
3.51 operating systems.

Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing,
communications and measurement products and services recognized for
excellence in quality and support. HP has 102,300 employees and had
revenue of $31.5 billion in its 1995 fiscal year.

Additional information on products from HP's Test & Measurement
Organization can be obtained on the World Wide Web via
http://www.tmo.hp.com.

Information in this release applies specifically to products available in
the United States. Product availability and specifications may vary in
non-U.S. markets.
 
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