CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
7 April 2011
Product News
Fujitsu Signs Partnership Agreement with Zuken for Analysis Systems for Printed Circuit Boards
Fujitsu Limited and Zuken Inc. announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement for analysis systems for printed circuit boards(1), a major electronic component employed in electronic devices.
The new agreement will, in the future, enable the companies to integrate Fujitsu's SignalAdviser-SI analysis system with Zuken's CR-5000/BD-Viewer Advance system(2) and CR-5000/Board Designer(3), allowing them to begin offering new services.
Customers employing Zuken's CAD system will be able to begin using Fujitsu's analysis system, which has undergone extensive field-testing. For customers who are considering deployment, it will become possible to build an easy-to-use environment that leverages both Fujitsu's and Zuken's strengths.
The SignalAdviser-SI analysis system from Fujitsu is being developed by Fujitsu Advanced Technologies Limited.
Background
In order to quickly develop high-quality products when manufacturing digital home appliances, as well as electronic devices and products for use in automobiles, designers must, during the initial design stage, analyze and verify the reliability of printed circuit boards—a major electronic component—from a variety of angles, taking into consideration factors including electromagnetic waves, heat, strength, and vibrations.
In the sales and development of analysis and design systems for printed circuit boards, the companies have agreed to work together to further improve customer convenience by merging Fujitsu's strengths in the area of analytics with Zuken's strengthens in the area of design.
About Fujitsu's Analysis System
Fujitsu's SignalAdviser-SI analysis system was developed based on the know-how the company has accumulated in designing computers, in order to address the problem of electromagnetic noise that is produced as the speed of electrical signals traveling over printed circuit boards increases. In 2002, Fujitsu began sales of the new system, which has already been widely deployed at approximately 140 companies. The system features a design advice function, which outputs not only analysis results, but also specific suggestions for reducing electromagnetic noise. As well, the system contains a proprietarily developed high-precision and high-speed simulation engine that can analyze high-speed transmissions of over a GHz.
About Zuken's Design System
Since developing the first CAD/CAM system in Japan for printed circuit boards in 1978, Zuken has constantly pursued the development of systems that are compatible with the latest design, mounting and manufacturing technologies. The CR-5000 series has been adopted by the world's leading companies in a wide range of manufacturing areas, including not only the field of electronics manufacturing, but also smartphones and other communications devices, transportation vehicles like automobiles—which are rapidly employing electronics technology—medical devices that require performance and safety, and devices for the aerospace and other industries.
Sales Target
30 sets of products from both companies in fiscal 2011
Glossary and Notes
1Printed circuit boards:
A board upon which electronic components, such as integrated circuits, resistors and condensers, are mounted and connected to construct an electronic circuit.
2CR-5000/BD-Viewer Advance system:
System for viewing designs with the CR-5000/Board Designer for review.
3CR-5000/Board Designer:
Zuken's integrated environment for designing printed circuit boards.
4Link module:
Program that converts the design data from Zuken to be compatible with Fujitsu's analysis system and vice versa.
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