PLM Industry Summary Christine Bennett, Editor Vol. 11 No. 31 Friday 31 July 2009 Contents
Acquisitions ______3 Mentor Graphics Unveils Android and Embedded Linux Strategy with Acquisition of Embedded Alley ___3 CIMdata News ______4 CIMdata in the News “What PLM Can Learn from Social Media” ______4 Company News ______4 Autodesk Assistance Program Expands to Europe ______4 Autodesk 2010 Certification Now Available for Design Professionals ______5 Bentley Announces Online Availability of May 2009 Annual Report ______6 CAD4All Premieres ZWCAD Training Centers in South Africa ______6 Domain Celebrates 13 Years of Delivering Value Through Products and Services to Agile PLM Customers 7 DP Technology, Creator of ESPRIT CAM, Teams up with Italian company CAMM s.r.l., maker of OmniCAD ______8 Intergraph® Offers Smart Career Program for Transitioning Design Professionals ______9 Jonathan Pickup’s 3D Modeling in Vectorworks Now Available for Purchase ______10 Synopsys Honors Accellera and the SPIRIT Consortium with Ninth Annual Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award ______10 Events News ______12 Apache Design Solutions Achieves Record Q2 Bookings and Revenue ______12 ARM, Chartered, IBM, Samsung, and Synopsys Collaborate to Deliver Vertically Optimized Solution for 32/28nm Mobile SoC Designs ______12 CADWorx Plant Design Suite, CAESAR II, PV Elite and TANK Design and Analysis Software Products to Be Featured at COADE Discovery Tour on August 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ______15 CGTech to Show VERICUT 7 at SOUTH-TEC ______15 COADE Discovery Tour Event Scheduled for August 12 in Quito, Ecuador, Featuring CADWorx Plant Design Suite ______16 Design Automation Conference Announces Winners of 2009 DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest ______16 46th DAC Announces Preliminary Attendance Figures ______19 46th Design Automation Conference Goes Green at Moscone This Week ______19 NovaQuest PLM Summit to be Held Sept. 17 - 18, 2009 in Chicago Illinois ______21 Tekla User Meeting 2009 Keynote Speaker Announced ______22 Think3 part of the crew at the “International School of Yacht Engineering” ______22 Z-DAC 2009 Conference Registration is Now Open ______23 Financial News ______24 Atos Origin First Half 2009 Results ______24 Cadence Reports Q2 2009 Financial Results ______29 Capgemini Group First-Half 2009 Results in Line with Targets ______34 Cranes Software’s Q1 FY10 Consolidated Revenues up 6% to Rs. 1,2 18 Million ______36 DS Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results At High End of Company Objectives ______38 Geometric Declares Revenues of Rs 1,293 Mn, PAT up 140.7% Q‐o‐Q ______44 Lectra First Half 2009 ______46 PTC Announces Q3 Results ______48 SAP Announces Second Quarter and First Half 2009 Results ______51 Implementation Investments ______57 Copyright © 2009 by CIMdata, Inc. All rights reserved. CIMdata, Inc. 3909 Research Park Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Tel: +1 (734) 668–9922 Fax: +1 (734) 668–1957 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.CIMdata.com CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ Selected by NEC Electronics ______57 Catalog Data Solutions Customer Exceeds 48,000 CAD Downloads ______58 China National Chemical Engineering Co., LTD. Expands Use of Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise Solutions ______59 Davao City, Philippines, Selects Bentley’s WaterGEMS to Efficiently Design and Build New Water Systems ______60 Engineering Contractor Ampack Ammann Opts for Transparency and Standardisation ______60 Fiat FGA to Standardize Worldwide With Zuken E³.series on Electrical Design Solutions ______61 Freescale Achieves Design Cycle Reduction and Superior Silicon Predictability with Cadence Model-Based Physical and Electrical DFM Solutions ______62 LG Electronics Adopts Cadence Conformal Technology for Improved Engineering Design Management, Faster Time to Market ______63 MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT Opts for LMS Simulation Technology to Develop its Ground-Breaking Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) Engine ______64 PROTOMED SA Chooses HyperWorks to Simulate Implantable Medical Devices ______65 SpaceClaim Awarded Major OEM Contract by Flow International Corporation ______66 UMC Adopts Cadence 40-Nanometer Reference Flow for Low Power, Verification, Implementation and DFM-Aware Design ______67 VNIIGAZ Selects ANSYS MULTIPHYSICS Software to Drive Innovation in Oil and Gas Pipeline Technology ______67 Product News ______69 ACS Software, Inc. Releases SR4 Update for Version 6.5 of the AutoEDMS™ Document Management & Workflow Solution ______69 Cadence Achieves First-Silicon Results on 32nm Common Platform™ Technology ______70 Cadence Validates ARM Optimized Libraries for 45nm SOI Process ______71 CSC's FirstDoc Recognized by EMC as a Preferred Regulatory Compliance Application for Life Sciences Industry ______72 First Intra-Operable Software for Intelligent Substation Design Speeds Project Delivery and Reduces Costs ______73 Gerber Technology Launches Newest Version of webPDM, the flagship component of Gerber’s PLM Software Suite ______74 Great Abilities for 2D Design and Budget Savings; ASCON continues Rental program for KOMPAS-3D and KOMPAS-Graphic ______75 Jobshop 2009 R3 ______76 Latest Enhancements to AVEVA Plant Deliver Immediate and Measurable User Benefits ______77 Magma's Talus IC Implementation System Included in TSMC Reference Flow 10.0 Targeting 28-nm Process Technology ______78 Magma Announces Next-Generation Mixed-Signal Design Flow with New Release of Titan Platform ___ 80 Mechanical Simulation Corporation Releases CarSim® 8 ______81 Mentor Graphics Announces Linux and Nucleus Multi-OS Support for Marvell Sheeva Embedded Processors ______82 Mentor Graphics Announces Nucleus Graphics and Linux Platform for ARM Mali GPUs ______83 Mentor Graphics Enables Android on Freescale Products Based on Power Architecture Technology, Reaching New Applications and Audiences ______83 Mentor Graphics Underscores Low-Power Strategy with Vista Architecture-Level Power Solution ______85 Optimize Machine Design With a Software Solution From Dassault Systèmes and Rockwell Automation _ 86 PROSTEP Enhances Its Data Exchange Portal OpenDXM® GlobalX ______87 Synopsys Introduces Galaxy 2009 with 2x Faster Throughput ______88 Think3 and 3Dconnexion Agree to Technology and Sales Partnership ______89 True Engineering Technology Re-Invents The Number ______90
Page 2 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Vero Launch VISI 17 ______92 Virage Logic Extends IP Technology Leadership to the 32/28nm Process ______93 Virage Logic Introduces Volume Production-Proven SiPro™ PCI Express PHY IP ______94 ZWSOFT Announces Release of ZWCAD 2009i ______95 Acquisitions
Mentor Graphics Unveils Android and Embedded Linux Strategy with Acquisition of Embedded Alley 30 July 2009 Mentor Graphics Corporation unveiled its Android and Linux strategy, including the acquisition of Embedded Alley Solutions, Inc. (San Jose, CA), an innovative leader in Android and Linux development systems. By combining Embedded Alley’s Android and Linux products and services with the Mentor Graphics Nucleus® real-time operating system (RTOS), tools and middleware, Mentor can now provide device manufacturers with all the software they need to build their products, and work closely with them throughout their product lifecycle to supply tools and services at every stage. “Mentor’s strategy acknowledges two strong trends we see in embedded device development today,” stated Glenn Perry, Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division General Manager. “One is a huge demand for Google’s Android platform in new, complex devices beyond the mobile phones for which Android was originally developed. The other is the growing use on multi-core processors of multiple operating systems, usually Linux and an RTOS like Nucleus. Our investment in Embedded Alley, and its products, open source expertise, and services, will allow our customers to innovate and build better products with power savings, performance optimization, and reduced system cost and risk.” Mentor’s Android, Linux, and Nucleus products and services provide all the tools, runtime components and expertise required for customers to get to production with innovative products. This ecosystem for Android- and Linux-based devices is supported by leading semiconductor partners, including ARM, Freescale, Marvell, MIPS, RMI, and Texas Instruments (TI). In separate announcements today, Mentor Graphics revealed support for the ARM Mali graphics processing unit family, Freescale Power Architecture processors and Marvell Sheeva MV78200 Dual-core Embedded Processors. Embedded Alley was the first to market commercial Android tools and services in May 2009, for the RMI Au1250 SoC and the MIPS architecture. “The Embedded Alley team is excited to bring our vast experience in open source development to Mentor Graphics,” said Pete Popov, CEO of Embedded Alley. “This is a huge win for our customers, who can now benefit from the combination of Embedded Alley's services and development systems with Mentor's products, services and outstanding support.” “TI is pleased to learn that Mentor Graphics has acquired Embedded Alley, allowing Mentor to provide additional value to our customers developing with Android and/or Linux on our various TI solutions, including our OMAP35x platform,” said Gerard Andrews, OMAP35x product line manager, TI. “With the combined expertise from Mentor Graphics and Embedded Alley, we’re confident that they will be able to deliver innovative and even stronger multi-OS/multi-core products that inspire new Linux- and Android-based designs. We’re excited and look forward to seeing the synergy between these two companies and their solutions that ultimately addresses our customers’ key careabouts on an open software platform, community participation and support.” Perry continued, “As early developers in embedded Linux, Embedded Alley is well-known in the open source community, both as active participants in major projects such as OpenEmbedded, Advanced
Page 3 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Linux Sound Architecture, and Linux kernel development, and as leaders in commercial development based on open source software. Their strong reputation follows them into the Android commercial tool market, now placing Mentor Graphics at the forefront of open source software in embedded devices.” Embedded Alley gained a tremendous lead in Android solutions by investing early and building on their deep Linux/open source experience and technologies. As pioneers in the embedded Linux community, the Embedded Alley team has been instrumental in defining product offerings, shaping business models and building market strategies for embedded systems. Their unique approach to commercial open source products avoided “boxed” Linux distributions, and gave developers more flexibility and immediate access to the latest open source innovations. For more information on the Mentor Graphics Android/Linux development ecosystem for multi-OS and multi-core development, visit the website at http://www.mentor.com/products/embedded_software/android-linux-multicore/. Click here to return to Contents CIMdata News
CIMdata in the News “What PLM Can Learn from Social Media” 29 July 2009 Kenneth Wong in Desktop Engineering explores what PLM can learn from social media noting CIMdata’s statistics over the past decade shows PLM growth (measured in revenues) hovering around 7%-15% (in 2001, the beginning of the decade, it peaked at 26.53%). By contrast, social media is growing in leaps and bounds… To read the entire article and participate in the online discussion please click here. Click here to return to Contents Company News
Autodesk Assistance Program Expands to Europe 30 July 2009 With nearly 7,000 participants in North America, and more than 8,000 product downloads to date, the Autodesk Assistance Program is now available in Europe. Launched in North America in April, the program was designed to help displaced workers in the architecture, engineering, design and manufacturing industries maintain and develop their 3D design technology skills and help improve their employability in a down economy. "Overwhelmingly positive feedback from customers and partners has shown us that the Autodesk Assistance Program is not just of domestic interest," said Ken Bado, executive vice president of sales and services at Autodesk. "We're proud to expand the program globally in response to the challenging worldwide economic climate in hopes that design professionals around the globe will stay competitive and emerge from this crisis in a better place than they started." The program is now available in Northern Europe, and will continue to roll out to the rest of Europe,
Page 4 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Mexico and Brazil over the next few months. For more information about the Autodesk Assistance Program, please contact your local reseller, contact Autodesk directly at [email protected] or visit http://www.autodesk.com/assistanceprogram. Click here to return to Contents
Autodesk 2010 Certification Now Available for Design Professionals 27 July 2009 Autodesk, Inc., announced that design and engineering professionals can become Autodesk Certified in AutoCAD 2010, Autodesk Inventor 2010, Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010, and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010 software. Becoming Autodesk Certified allows professionals, and companies boasting Autodesk Certified employees, to validate their industry skills and knowledge, demonstrate expertise and gain credibility. Customer demand has contributed to the huge growth of Autodesk Certification over the past year, increasing the number of Autodesk Certified professionals to more than 100,000. "With engineering and design fields becoming increasingly competitive, certification gives employees an edge at a time when having one is critical to career success," said Barbara Bowen, certification program development manager, Autodesk. "Autodesk Certification allows experienced designers and engineers to validate acquired skills by receiving recognition for their knowledge of specific Autodesk software applications." Certification can only be achieved after passing a rigorous Autodesk certification exam, or series of exams, and companies like Parsons Brinkerhoff, a planning, engineering, program and construction management, and operations and maintenance organization, recognize the importance of certification and of having consistent quality of skills company-wide. In 2008, Parsons Brinkerhoff partnered with Autodesk to bring certification to their designers. "We needed a reliable way to assess the skill level of our employees, ensure they were up to industry standards and equip staff for their next project," said Rebecca Arsham, CAD Training Manager, Parsons Brinkerhoff. "Our pilot program with AutoCAD and AutoCAD Civil 3D was extremely successful. With the Autodesk training model, our employees had an 83 percent and 71 percent pass rate on the Associate Certification and Professional Certification exams, respectively. Through this program, we have seen an increase in productivity and gained competitive advantage by marketing Autodesk Certified staff expertise on many of our projects." Availability The Autodesk 2010 Certification program is available for professionals using AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Revit Architecture, and AutoCAD Civil 3D software. Professionals seeking to master their respective industries can take training courses and the Certified Associate and Certified Professional exams at all Autodesk Authorized Certification Centers across the United States and Canada. Autodesk Certification is available in more than 20 countries. Autodesk will also offer free certification for the second year in a row at Autodesk University, as well as a preparation lab, offering assessment and practice tests and a study room with study materials. For more information on Autodesk Certification for 2010, please visit: http://www.autodesk.com/be- remarkable. Click here to return to Contents
Page 5 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Bentley Announces Online Availability of May 2009 Annual Report 30 July 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced the online availability of its May 2009 Annual Report. The report highlights Bentley achievements of the past year, including: • Annual revenues surpassing $500 million; • Launch of V8i, the most comprehensive software portfolio for infrastructure ever assembled in a single release; • Market leadership in addressing key infrastructure challenges through new initiatives for sustaining water, sustaining transportation infrastructure, high performance buildings, engineering the 21st century utility, generative design, construction simulation, and structural modeling; • Groundbreaking agreement between Bentley and Autodesk to foster software interoperability; • Launch of Be Communities, a professional networking site supporting a new type of interaction between Bentley software users and the global infrastructure community. In the report, CEO Greg Bentley said, “Bentley Systems’ mission is Sustaining Infrastructure. Through this annual report, we are proud to measure and describe our own contributions to the value creation that infrastructure professionals and organizations accomplish, more vitally now than ever.” To view a copy of Bentley’s May 2009 Annual Report online, visit http://www.bentley.com/AnnualReport. Click here to return to Contents
CAD4All Premieres ZWCAD Training Centers in South Africa 29 July 2009 CAD4ALL Software, official exclusive licensed distributor for ZWCAD software for the African continent (excluding Egypt), this month launched ZWCAD Training Centers in conjunction with its CAD4All Training Academies in South Africa. The new training centers were established in all three major economic hubs within South Africa: Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban. The new ZWCAD Training Centers are fully accredited by the South African Institute of Draughting and by ZWCAD Software Co., Ltd. Each training center is equipped with desktop computers and flat screen monitors, recreating the environment of working within an actual drafting office. The training centers have been designed to deliver intensive personalized training, which ensures that students who attend are equipped to operate ZWCAD software packages effectively. Because the ethos focuses on producing quality graduates, only small numbers of students are accommodated. The courses initially on offer include a one-day introductory course and a four-day fundamental course. In addition, the ZWCAD training centers offer a unique six-month drafting correspondence course accredited by the South African Institute of Draughting -- a first for South Africa. The six-month course includes a desktop PC. Additional courses are under development. On completion of each course, graduates receive an international certificate of attendance. The certificate is accredited by ZWCAD Software Co., Ltd. and certified by the South African Institute of
Page 6 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Draughting. For more information pertaining to the ZWCAD training courses on offer and the class schedules, contact the CAD4All Training Academy at 086 111 2475 or visit their Web site at http://www.cad4all.co.za. About Cad4All Software Cc Cad4all software cc is a professional company focusing on ZWCAD distribution & service. As ZWCAD exclusive distributor in Southern Africa, Cad4all software cc will bring more value-added solution & service to the local clients. For more information, please visit http://www.cad4all.co.za. About ZWSOFT ZWSOFT is headquartered in Guangzhou, China, with branches in Beijing, Shanghai, and Wuhan. As a leading supplier of CAD software solution, the company employs about 360 staff and is supported by an international network of highly skilled strategic partners, distributors, and resellers. Its flagship product ZWCAD meets the needs of a broad base of target groups in 2D/3D design industries with 150,000 users in over 75 countries. For more information, please contact: ZWCAD Software Co., Ltd. Room 508, No.886, Tianhe North Road Guangzhou 510635, P.R.China. Tel: 86-20-38259726 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.zwcad.org Click here to return to Contents
Domain Celebrates 13 Years of Delivering Value Through Products and Services to Agile PLM Customers 21 July 2009 Domain Systems, Inc, Oracle’s Agile PLM Systems Integrator and Reseller announces their 13th year of delivering value through quality products and services to Agile PLM Customers. Since 1996, Domain has helped bring value to over 300 Agile Customers across all releases and all industries large and small by providing Oracle Agile PLM services including: implementations, upgrades, and data migrations. In addition, with nearly 20 ERP, ECAD Agile integrations and utilities to augment and extend the value of Oracle’s Agile PLM to their customers, Domain continues to be one of the most successful, reliable and most experienced system integrators Oracle has for Agile PLM. In an economic time ripe with its own challenges, Domain continues to help their Customers stretch incremental value from their enterprises through upgrades and evaluation of their existing Agile Environments. Domain consulting services has often found ways to impact Customer revenue, cost and quality equations. The best testament is Domain’s Oracle Accelerate solution, a rapid, defined and proven best practices and methodologies around implementation and upgrades. Domain, also a pioneer of line item services in many of its Agile offerings allowed Customers to know what they get quickly
Page 7 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary and reliably. With pride in educating all parties along the way, much success comes through delivering “Quality Service” and “Value Engineering”. Each job is carried out with value and quality in mind. About Domain Systems, Inc. Founded in 1996, Domain Systems, Inc. is an Oracle information technology systems integrator, software developer and engineering consulting organization providing leading edge consulting, implementation, integration, customization, deployment and support of enterprise content management (ECM), collaborative manufacturing commerce (CMC), product data management (PDM), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and document/content management (DM) systems. In addition, the general Contract Services division has highly skilled personnel with various consulting, project management, programming and implementation expertise. Domain Systems is a privately held company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah with additional offices located in Detroit, San Jose, Seattle and various other locations around throughout the US, and comprehensive consulting coverage in Canada and Europe. For more information, visit http://www.domainsi.com. Domain Customers include: ADC, Mindspeed, Klipsh Audio, Conexant, Jabil, Netgear, GE, Delphi Medical, Analogic. To see a list of Domain’s products, please visit: http://www.domainsi.com/Product/prod_domain.html Click here to return to Contents
DP Technology, Creator of ESPRIT CAM, Teams up with Italian company CAMM s.r.l., maker of OmniCAD 30 July 2009 A sales partnership has been forged between the Italian branch of computer-aided-manufacturing (CAM) DP Technology, maker of ESPRIT® CAM, and CAMM s.r.l., an Italian computer-aided-design (CAD) software developer. DP and CAMM s.r.l., creator of OmniCAD®, have joined forces for the purpose of marketing the full line of ESPRIT products. The interoperability between OmniCad and ESPRIT results in even greater ease of use for programmers who seek flawless CAD to CAM file transfer and, ultimately, a reduction in design and machining time. Moreover, OmniCad specializes in foundry model and automotive design, the nature of CAD files easily handles by the advanced mold capabilities built into ESPRIT. “Both companies share the goal of a synergistic collaboration between the world of CAD (computer- aided-design) design for the mold and automotive sectors, and the world of metalworking,” said Bruno Monelli, director of sales for DP Italy. About CAMM s.r.l. CAMM s.r.l. was founded in 1990 by Director and CEO Francesco Leopardi. The company markets and supports OmniCAD, CAD software created by Fabrizio Leopardi, Francesco Leopardi’s son. OmniCAD specializes primarily in the design of sheet metal, as well as automotive and foundry models. CAMM s.r.l. has announced that it will soon release a new edition, as well as a proprietary kernel with solid parametric features in 2010. About ESPRIT
Page 8 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary ESPRIT is a high-performance computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system for a full range of machine tool applications. ESPRIT delivers powerful full-spectrum programming for 2–5 axis milling, 2–22 axis turning, 2–5 axis wire EDM, multitasking mill-turn machining and B-axis machine tools, and high-speed 3- and 5-axis machining. Click here to return to Contents
Intergraph® Offers Smart Career Program for Transitioning Design Professionals 29 July 2009 Intergraph® is offering complimentary Smart 3D design software training for transitioning design professionals. As part of the Smart Career Program, this training is being offered to assist unemployed professionals increase and upgrade their knowledge and skills so that they will be more valuable to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and owner operator employers as they look to increase workforce productivity and quality. SmartPlant® 3D is Intergraph’s next-generation 3D design system. It provides clients with multi- discipline 3D modeling for global multi-office execution of process and power projects. SmartMarine® 3D provides all the capabilities needed to design and build offshore devices or ships from design to fabrication to operations and maintenance – all in a single, integrated environment. Individuals having experience with and being trained on SmartPlant 3D and SmartMarine 3D will have increased opportunities for deployment on upcoming projects. The Smart 3D training classes began in July at Intergraph’s Houston office, and the response so far has been overwhelming. After an initial email campaign, the first class filled online in 90 minutes. All four of the original sessions were booked within four hours, and a waiting list with more than 50 people had to be created only five hours after registration began. Due to the positive response, Intergraph has doubled the number of classes offered. For information regarding session dates, times and availability, please visit http://www.intergraph.com/promo/smartcareer. NIIT, a leading global talent development corporation that builds skilled manpower pools for global industry requirements, is partnering with Intergraph on the training program. NIIT is among the world’s leading talent development companies offering learning solutions to individuals, enterprises, and institutions across 40 countries. Additionally, the Society for Piping Engineering and Design (SPED) is also sponsoring the training and is offering assistance to its members. Mike Austin, a 30-year plant design veteran who attended the first training session, said, “Intergraph’s Smart Career Program is a great opportunity for professionals like me who are in transition. This training has expanded my skill set and will make me more marketable to potential employers. It has also exposed me to SmartPlant 3D, which more and more engineering companies are adopting. I would like to thank Intergraph and its partners for making this available to me at no cost. It shows how much they care about the future of our industry.” “During the tough economic conditions, there have been many people adversely affected in one way or another, and we are pleased to be able to offer this complimentary Smart 3D training as an extension of our policy to never let a customer down,” said Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power and Marine president. “The benefits of this software training help make those who are adept with our 3D solutions more marketable and in higher demand and in turn deliver value for EPCs and O/Os needing these skill sets.”
Page 9 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Eligible candidates for the training program must be unemployed, and should be familiar with traditional plant design and have experience using software such as PDS®, PDMS, AutoCad, MicroStation, PlantSpace, AutoPlant, Rebis, Plant 4D, and COADE. Click here to return to Contents
Jonathan Pickup’s 3D Modeling in Vectorworks Now Available for Purchase 27 July 2009 Nemetschek North America announced that Jonathan Pickup’s latest training guide, 3D Modeling in Vectorworks, is now available for purchase. The tutorial is a workbook for anyone seeking to learn how to free-form model with Vectorworks, as it will bring users to a competent level of 3D capability through exercises aimed at building a foundation of 3D Vectorworks skills. Specifically, the tutorial will show users how to create 3D forms through the use of extrudes, sweeps, solids, NURBS, loft surfaces, and 3D primitives. “I've just finished teaching from this manual, and it's always amazing how much fun 3D modeling is with Vectorworks,” explains Jonathan. “The users learn quickly and have a lot of fun. Vectorworks has some amazing power in 3D modeling, and this manual is designed to show you how easy it is to get started.” Although the tutorial is based on version 2009, it can be used successfully with prior versions of Vectorworks. In addition, this intelligent, instructional manual is appropriate for both students and professionals and provides a very practical approach to learning 3D Vectorworks skills. The hard-copy workbook comes with a companion CD that contains exercise files and the entire manual as a PDF file with embedded instructional movies. Each workbook retails for $75. This tutorial is part of Nemetschek North America’s self-paced training options and is for people who like to learn on their own and at their own pace. To read the sample chapters or to purchase the tutorial, please go to: http://www.nemetschek.net/training/guides.php A well-known Vectorworks user and author from New Zealand, Jonathan Pickup has created four tutorials: Vectorworks Architect Tutorial Manual, a thorough “project-based” training workbook; Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial Manual, for new users; Vectorworks Landmark Tutorial Manual, comprised of a series of projects to teach concepts and techniques; and 3D Modeling in Vectorworks, a workbook that teaches 3D Vectorworks skills. Jonathan is an architect trained in New Zealand and in the UK with over 30 years of experience. He has over 15 years of experience in writing and producing Vectorworks manuals and providing customer support. His company, ArchonCAD, is the premier provider of third-party manuals and training resources for Vectorworks. He also runs a Vectorworks On- Line User Group and provides its main direction. For more information, please visit http://www.archoncad.co.nz/ or follow him on Twitter@archoncad. A graphic of the book cover can be downloaded in a variety of file sizes at http://is.gd/1KPfM Click here to return to Contents
Synopsys Honors Accellera and the SPIRIT Consortium with Ninth Annual Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award 29 July 2009
Page 10 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Synopsys, Inc. announced that Accellera and The SPIRIT Consortium have been awarded Synopsys' ninth annual Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award for their recently announced merger increasing the productivity of the EDA and design industries. On June 11, 2009, EDA industry organizations, Accellera and The SPIRIT Consortium, announced that the organizations' Boards agreed to a merger of the two entities. The union improves the process of language-based and IP standards development and both organizations are aligned on the path to formalize standards through the IEEE. As separate standards organizations, Accellera has focused its efforts on transferring completed standards to the IEEE, while The SPIRIT Consortium has focused on defining an open standard framework for SoC flow development. The merger of Accellera and The SPIRIT Consortium brings together two successful standards-creating bodies, reducing overlapping efforts in the language and IP- based standards development as well as focusing energy toward a complete solution. This also enables more comprehensive development of new standards and a move away from creating standards based on a narrowly defined scope and intent. As a leading contributor to both organizations, Synopsys intends to continue its support of the newly merged organization. "Accellera has a long standing focus on developing language-based standards for the systems, semiconductor, IP and EDA industry in an open, collaborative environment," said Shrenik Mehta, Accellera Chair. "Our organization is honored to be recognized as a recipient of the Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Award for our success in bringing standards from concept to reality along with The SPIRIT Consortium." "We are honored to accept the Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award," said Ralph von Vignau, president of The SPIRIT Consortium. "The SPIRIT Consortium has consistently worked to accelerate the design of SoCs and IP re-use through standards. Our merger with Accellera strengthens our ability to deliver interoperable solutions to the EDA industry." "Accellera has been the leader in language-based standards development for nearly a decade, having delivered ten ratified standards through the IEEE. The SPIRIT Consortium has been the leader in standards for IP-reuse for the past six years, and its IP-XACT standard has been broadly adopted by the IP developers," said Rich Goldman, vice president of corporate marketing and strategic alliances at Synopsys. "Their decision to merge into a single entity shows a clear vision by their respective boards to focus on broader standards that address the increasing complexity of advanced designs. As a founding member, Synopsys has been active in both organizations since their inception, and will continue to support the new organization." About the Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award The Tenzing Norgay EDA Interoperability Achievement Award was established by Synopsys to recognize EDA providers who collaborate on interoperable design flows that benefit the user community. The award is presented annually to organizations that have surpassed common levels of interoperability, have contributed to overall industry advancement and have helped provide a new view of the future for EDA interoperability. Named for the crucial role that Sherpa Tenzing Norgay played in the first successful attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, the EDA Interoperability Achievement Award recognizes achievements that are critical to a designer's success. Click here to return to Contents
Page 11 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Events News
Apache Design Solutions Achieves Record Q2 Bookings and Revenue 27 July 2009 Apache Design Solutions announced that the company has achieved record bookings and revenue in Q2, while maintaining profitability. Q2 sales came from a balanced mix of the company’s flagship product RedHawk and the new platforms Sentinel and Totem. The recently announced Totem has already been adopted by over 25 customers to address their power and electro-migration (EM) challenges for memory, mixed-signal, high-speed I/O, and full-custom IP designs. The main contribution towards the company’s Q2 growth came from increasing investments by existing customers, which represents the top tier semiconductor companies. “Continued investment by our customers during this challenging economic time to reduce system cost and mitigate design risk demonstrates the criticality of our products,” said Craig Shirley, vice president of worldwide sales at Apache. “Our investments in developing solutions that address system-wide power and noise challenges have allowed us to deliver solutions that meet the needs of the most advanced SoC, IP, packaging, and system designs,” stated Andrew Yang, CEO of Apache. “Apache will continue to execute based on our customer-driven technology roadmap for 32nm and below.” Apache will be demonstrating their power, noise, and reliability solutions for chip-package-system convergence at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Francisco, California, from July 27 - 30, in booth #722. Click here to return to Contents
ARM, Chartered, IBM, Samsung, and Synopsys Collaborate to Deliver Vertically Optimized Solution for 32/28nm Mobile SoC Designs 27 July 2009 In a move that addresses fundamental challenges in creating advanced systems-on-chips (SoCs), ARM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., and Synopsys, Inc. announced at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) an agreement to develop a comprehensive technology enablement solution for the design and manufacture of mobile Internet-optimized devices. The objective of this collaboration is to leverage innovations in material science, mobile multimedia implementation and SoC design to lower risk and improve time-to-market for advanced mobile products. This complete design chain collaboration of technology leaders intends to integrate the following components: ARM® high-performance, low-power processor architecture for mobile applications, and optimized suite of physical intellectual property (physical IP) 32/28-nanometer (nm) low-power/low-leakage, high-k metal-gate (HKMG) synchronized foundry services through the Common Platform manufacturing alliance of IBM, Chartered and Samsung Synopsys Lynx Design System, including Galaxy™ Implementation Platform for SoC
Page 12 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary implementation, as well as DesignWare® connectivity IP As semiconductor technology approaches fundamental physical limits and design complexity reaches unprecedented levels, a deeper type of technical alignment is essential. Going beyond an existing track record of successful cooperation at previous nodes, this agreement among ARM, the Common Platform companies, and Synopsys represents a new level of collaboration necessary to address the cost and technical challenges associated with advanced SoC design and manufacturing. This initiative aligns strategy, technology roadmaps and customer deliveries. “The Common Platform alliance’s expanded engagement approach with ARM, and now Synopsys, means working more closely together with earlier access to each other’s technology innovations, integrating and optimizing our capabilities for clients,” said Michael J. Cadigan, general manager, IBM Microelectronics Division, on behalf of the Common Platform alliance companies. “The benefits are clear and differentiated: lower risk, lower cost and faster time-to-market.” Combination of Strengths Each company brings unique technology and expertise that, when combined through joint collaboration, creates an optimized solution not available from other sources. ARM brings a portfolio of logic, memory and interface IP, as well as its widely adopted Cortex™ processor family that is used in a broad array of mobile applications. ARM Physical IP optimized for the Common Platform 32/28nm process delivers valuable low-power and system cost benefits. The intention of this agreement is to ensure the IP is fully optimized with the Synopsys design flow. “The complexity of advanced manufacturing process technology requires a tight connection between the physical IP, processor cores and EDA methodology,” said Warren East, CEO, ARM. “Early collaboration between these leading companies will significantly improve the performance, power and area achievable by our partners and deliver increased value to the end products.” Synopsys brings a suite of tool components from its Galaxy Implementation Platform, Lynx Design System and DesignWare connectivity IP providing the foundation of the solutions design flow. By tuning the automated front-to-back flow to run on Common Platform technology with ARM processor and physical IP, the flow is aimed at delivering a streamlined implementation path that can reduce the total cost of developing an optimized SoC, while helping speed time-to-market and reduce risk. “This unique ARM-Synopsys-Common Platform collaboration can alleviate costs and risks by harnessing the leading players in silicon technology, IP, tools and flow enablement to integrate and optimize the path from software to silicon,” said Aart de Geus, chairman and CEO of Synopsys. “Through this alignment, we plan to deliver early 32/28 nanometer tool and IP enablement, plus a complete, vertically optimized design solution based on the Synopsys Lynx Design System to provide customers the lowest cost of design and fastest time-to-market for next-generation mobile SoC designs.” The Common Platform 32/28nm process uses an high-k metal-gate (HKMG) approach to address the limitations of polysilicon technology. It leverages the research and development efforts of the IBM joint technology development alliance to offer a high-performance, low-power manufacturing platform. The process offering is available with synchronized foundry services from all three Common Platform companies, ensuring customer freedom of choice and maximum sourcing flexibility. The collaborative effort began a year ago. Initial 32nm low-power tool and IP enablement has been released and a steady stream of early customer deliverables is targeted in the coming months. Supporting physical and processor IP, connectivity IP, process design kits and tools will be available from their
Page 13 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary respective suppliers. Demonstrations of the technology based on initial test chips will be shown at the 2009 DAC in the ARM-Common Platform-Synopsys “Innovation Optimized” exhibit (booth #1114). To view a video webcast of the Monday morning press conference, please visit the following link: http://hosted.mediasite.com/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=529369c0a8264da898fcb9662f5574f1 About ARM ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM’s comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company’s broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com About the Common Platform IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Samsung Electronics have forged a unique manufacturing collaboration, featuring 28nm, 32nm, 45nm, 65nm and 90nm process technologies. By combining the expertise and research resources of all three companies and leveraging advances such as high-k metal gate technology, 193nm immersion lithography and ultralow-k dielectrics, the Common Platform™ technology collaboration is able to accelerate the availability of leading-edge technology to foundry customers. The Common Platform model is supported by a comprehensive design-enablement ecosystem, enabling foundry customers to easily source their chip designs to multiple 300mm foundries with minimal design work and with unprecedented flexibility and choice. More information is available at http://commonplatform.com/ About Chartered Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. Is one of the world’s top dedicated semiconductor foundries, offers leading-edge technologies down to 40/45 nanometer (nm), enabling today’s system-on- chip designs. The company further serves its customers’ needs through a collaborative, joint development approach on a technology roadmap that extends to 22nm. Chartered’s strategy is based on open and comprehensive design enablement solutions, manufacturing enhancement strategies, and a commitment to flexible sourcing. In Singapore, the company owns or has an interest in six fabrication facilities, including a 300mm fabrication facility and five 200mm facilities. Information about Chartered can be found at www.charteredsemi.com About IBM For additional information, visit www.ibm.com. About Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 164,600 people in 179 offices in 61 countries, the company consists of four main business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business, and Telecommunication Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For
Page 14 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary more information, please visit www.samsung.com. About Synopsys Synopsys, Inc. is a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA), supplying the global electronics market with the software, intellectual property (IP) and services used in semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing. Synopsys' comprehensive, integrated portfolio of implementation, verification, IP, manufacturing and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions helps address the key challenges designers and manufacturers face today, such as power and yield management, software- to-silicon verification and time-to-results. Synopsys is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has more than 65 offices located throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Visit Synopsys online at http://www.synopsys.com/. Click here to return to Contents
CADWorx Plant Design Suite, CAESAR II, PV Elite and TANK Design and Analysis Software Products to Be Featured at COADE Discovery Tour on August 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 29 July 2009 COADE announced that a COADE Discovery Tour event is scheduled for August 12, 2009, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, organized in conjunction with CodeCAD, COADE Global Network Partner in the region. This educational session will feature the company’s CADWorx Plant Design Suite; CAESAR II, a widely used program for pipe stress analysis; PV Elite for the design and analysis of pressure vessels and heat exchangers; PV Fabricator, COADE’s new program that creates vessel fabrication drawings directly from analysis data; and TANK for the design and analysis of oil storage tanks. During these events, plant designers and engineers see these plant design and engineering analysis tools in person and learn how they will help them improve productivity, eliminate errors and waste, and produce quality deliverables in substantially less time. Other COADE Discovery Tour events are scheduled for August 12 in Quito, Ecuador; August 13 in Guayaquil, Ecuador; August 14 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; August 25 in Seattle, Washington; August 26 in San Francisco, California; August 27 in Los Angeles, California; and October 13 in Caracas, Venezuela. Details and registration information are available at COADE’s website, http://www.coade.com. Information on CodeCAD is at http://www.codecad.com. Click here to return to Contents
CGTech to Show VERICUT 7 at SOUTH-TEC 29 July 2009 CGTech will exhibit the next major version of VERICUT CNC machine simulation and optimization software at the SME SOUTH-TEC show: SOUTH-TEC Booth 11089 Charlotte, NC Oct. 6-8, 2009 VERICUT 7 features significant performance-improving enhancements that reduce the time required for manufacturing engineers to develop, analyze, inspect and document the CNC programming and machining process. Instead of focusing on new features or add-on modules, CGTech developer resources have focused on diligent code optimization and customer-driven enhancements.
Page 15 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary “VERICUT has been reorganized with a new user interface for maximum efficiency.” said Bill Hasenjaeger, Product Marketing Manager. “Not only is the software extremely stable and significantly faster, it has never been easier to set up a VERICUT project. This release will set a new standard for the world’s most advanced CNC simulation system.” VERICUT Product/Function Overview: VERICUT is CNC machine simulation, verification and optimization software that enables users to eliminate the process of manually proving-out NC programs. It reduces scrap loss and rework. The program also optimizes NC programs in order to both save time and produce higher quality surface finish. VERICUT simulates all types of CNC machine tools, including those from leading manufacturers such as Mazak, Makino, Matsuura, Hermle, DMG, DIXI, Mori Seiki and Chiron. VERICUT runs standalone, but can also be integrated with leading CAM systems such as Catia V5, NX, Pro/E, MasterCAM, EdgeCAM and GibbsCAM. CGTech will also be demonstrating VERICUT Composite Applications at SOUTH-TEC. VERICUT Composite Applications are machine-independent off-line programming and simulation software solutions for automated composite tape and fiber-placement CNC machines. There are two separate applications: VERICUT Composite Programming (VCP) & VERICUT Composite Simulation (VCS). Click here to return to Contents
COADE Discovery Tour Event Scheduled for August 12 in Quito, Ecuador, Featuring CADWorx Plant Design Suite 29 July 2009 COADE announced that a COADE Discovery Tour event is scheduled for August 12, 2009, in Quito, Ecuador, organized in conjunction with TechnoCAD, COADE’s dealer in the region. This educational session will feature the latest capabilities of the company’s CADWorx Plant Design Suite plus introductions to CADWorx P&ID, CADWorx fieldPipe and CADWorx fieldPipe for CloudWorx. During these events, plant designers and engineers see these plant design tools in person and learn how they will help them improve productivity, eliminate errors and waste, and produce quality deliverables in substantially less time. Also provided will be introductions to COADE CAESAR II, a widely used program for pipe stress analysis; PV Elite for the design and analysis of pressure vessels and heat exchangers; and PV Fabricator, COADE’s new program that creates vessel fabrication drawings directly from analysis data. COADE Discovery Tour events during 2008 attracted record attendance, and events this year are attracting similar crowds. Other COADE Discovery Tour events are scheduled for August 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; August 13 in Guayaquil, Ecuador; August 14 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; August 25 in Seattle, Washington; August 26 in San Francisco, California; August 27 in Los Angeles, California; and October 13 in Caracas, Venezuela. Details and registration information are available at COADE’s website, http://www.coade.com. Information on TechnoCAD is at http://www.technocad-ec.com. Click here to return to Contents
Design Automation Conference Announces Winners of 2009 DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest 27 July 2009
Page 16 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary The 46th Design Automation Conference (DAC) announced the winners of the annual DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest. The awards will be presented today at 5 p.m. in the DAC Pavilion (Booth #1928) on the exhibit floor. Each winning team will receive a $2,000 cash award, courtesy of DAC, the International Solid-State Circuits Conference, and other contest sponsors. The winning submissions will be displayed as posters at the DAC University Booth (Booth #1828), also on the exhibit floor. The 46th DAC is being held this week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The nine winning teams were selected from more than 60 entries in three categories: operational chip design, for an IC design which was built and tested; system design, for FPGA or other programmable architectures; and conceptual design, in which a project was designed and simulated, but not necessarily implemented. The 2009 Student Design Contest co-chairs are Bill Bowhill, senior principal engineer, Intel Massachusetts, and Byunghoo Jung, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, Purdue University. 2009 DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest Winners -- Smart Memories Polymorphic Chip Multiprocessor Ofer Shacham, Zain Asgar, Han Chen, Amin Firoozshahian, Rehan Hameed, Christos Kozyrakis, Wajahat Qadeer, Stephen Richardson, Alexandre Solomatnikov, Don Stark, Megan Wachs, Mark Horowitz – Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
-- Large-Scale SRAM Variability Characterization Chip in 45nm CMOS Zheng Guo, Andrew Carlson, Liang-Teck Pang, Kenneth Duong, Tsu-Jae King Liu, Borivoje Nikolic – University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.
A 600MS/s 30mW 0.13μm CMOS ADC Array Achieving over 60dB SFDR with Adaptive -- Digital Equalization Wenbo Liu, Yun Chiu – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
-- A 212MPixels/s 4096x2160p Multiview Video Encoder Chip for 3D/Quad HDTV Applications Li-Fu Ding, Wei-Yin Chen, Pei-Kuei Tsung, Tzu-Der Chuang, Pai-Heng Hsiao, Yu-Han Chen, Shao- Yi Chien, Liang-Gee Chen – National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
-- A Fully-Automated Process Characterization Macro for Gate Dielectric Breakdown John Keane, Shrinivas Venkatraman, Chris H. Kim – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Paulo F. Butzen – University Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
A Heterogeneous MPSOC with Hardware Supported Dynamic Task Scheduling for Software -- Defined Radio
Page 17 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary
Torsten Limberg, Markus Winter, Marcel Bimberg, Reimund Klemm, Marcos Tavares, Holger Eisenreich, Georg Ellguth, Jens-Uwe Schlüßler, Emil Matus, Gerhard Fettweis – Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany Hendrik Ahlendorf – ZMD AG, Dresden, Germany
An Ultrasensitive CMOS Magnetic Biosensor Array for Point-Of-Care (POC) Microarray -- Application Hua Wang, Ali Hajimiri – California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
-- Phoenix: An Ultra-Low Power Processor for Cubic Millimeter Sensor Systems Mingoo Seok, Scott Hanson, Yu-Shiang Lin, Zhiyoong Foo, Daeyeon Kim, Yoonmyung Lee, Nurrachman Liu, Dennis Sylvester, David Blaauw – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
-- A 1.2V 26mW Configurable Multiuser Mobile MIMO-OFDM/-OFDMA Baseband Processor Jung-Mao Lin, Hsin-Yi Yu, Yu-Jen Wu, Hsi-Pin Ma – National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Industry and Corporate Dedication to Continued Education The Student Design Contest was founded by the University of Utah’s Kent Smith in 1981 and has been managed by DAC since 2000. In 2002, DAC partnered with ISSCC to jointly promote and manage the contest. Each year, the successful tradition of the Student Design Contest is made possible by a group of engineering community and corporate sponsors. In addition to DAC and ISSCC, the contest is sponsored by Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Mentor Graphics Corp., the Semiconductor Research Corporation and Synopsys, Inc., as well as the Special Interest Group on Design Automation of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM SIGDA) and the Council on Electronic Design Automation of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE CEDA). Contest Criteria To be eligible, a design must be part of the students’ course or research work at a university and must have been completed within the 18 months prior to the submission deadline. Full-time graduate and undergraduate students interested in the 2010 Student Design Contest should visit the DAC Web site for the call for entries. Past winner and more details are available online. Registration Access to the DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest Awards Presentation is included with Free Monday registration. For more information, and to register for Free Monday, Exhibits-Only or Full Conference attendance at DAC, visit http://www.dac.com/46th/index.aspx or go directly to https://onsite4.onsite.mpassociates.com/reglive/register.aspx?confid=95. All DAC registration options, including Free Monday, will also be available onsite. Click here to return to Contents
Page 18 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 46th DAC Announces Preliminary Attendance Figures 29 July 2009 The 46th Design Automation Conference (DAC) attracted thousands to San Francisco’s Moscone Center this week. Preliminary numbers as of today show an increase in total conference and exhibit attendance by 12 percent over the 45th (Anaheim) and by three percent over the 44th (San Diego). The 46th DAC exhibits will be open through Thursday, July 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the technical program will continue through Friday. This year’s preliminary attendance figures break down into the following categories: DAC Exhibit-Only attendees: 3,247 DAC Technical conference (workshops, tutorials, etc.) attendees: 1,888 Final attendance numbers for the 46th DAC will be announced in August and are expected to be slightly adjusted. “Despite the economic climate, DAC continues to be a vital event, and the annual meeting place for all of the electronic design and design automation community,” said Andrew B. Kahng, general chair, 46th DAC Executive Committee. “Engagement from across the industry was tremendous, and we are very pleased with this level of attendance.” The 47th DAC will be held June 13 – 18, 2010 in Anaheim, Calif. Click here to return to Contents
46th Design Automation Conference Goes Green at Moscone This Week 27 July 2009 The 46th Design Automation Conference (DAC), being held this week at the Moscone Center, will include several events exploring the “green” side of the electronics design industry, including two Pavilion Panels on Wednesday, and a special plenary panel, a technical panel and a special session on Thursday. Attendees will be able to learn about low-power chip design methods and hear discussions of the environmental impact of electronics manufacturing and the potential benefits of green technology for the industry. Fittingly, the venue for this year’s DAC, Moscone Center, was recently recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency as the Pacific Region’s 2009 Sustainable Facility for its operations practices, including recycling, zero-waste catering and solar energy generation. The community-selected topic “Power Scavenging: Waste Not, Want Not” for a special Pavilion Panel on Wednesday – 10 to 10:45 a.m. in Booth #1928 – reflects the growing interest in low-power chip design, which is driven in part by environmental concerns. John Blyler, editor-in-chief of Chip Design Magazine, will moderate this panel discussion about methods of harnessing hidden power for today’s complex applications. Panelists: Sandip Kundu – University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, Mass. Steve Grady – Cymbet Corp., Elk River, Minn.
Page 19 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Mark Buccini – Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, Texas On Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Booth #1928, Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, will moderate a Pavilion Panel discussion, “Electronics Going Green: Future or Futile?” Three experts will consider whether the electronics industry is collectively doing enough to improve environmental responsibility, and what more can be done. Panelists: Doug Johnson – Consumer Electronics Association, Washington, DC Scott Mattoon – Sun Microsystems, Inc., San Francisco, Calif. Bruce S. Klafter – Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. In addition, there will be a special plenary panel titled “How Green is My Silicon Valley,” on Thursday, July 30, from noon to 1:45 p.m. Moderated by Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics Corp. and EDA Consortium chair, this panel will explore the implications of green technology innovation for the electronic design industry. Panelists: John A. “Skip” Laitner – American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy (ACEEE), Washington, DC Thomas Jacoby – California Clean Energy Fund, Cupertino, Calif. Peter Williams – IBM’s Big Green Innovation, San Francisco, Calif. Dennis Buss – Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas Ian Wright – Wrightspeed, Inc., San Francisco, Calif. A technical panel, “From Milliwatts to Megawatts: The System-Level Power Challenge”, will also take place on Thursday, July 30, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Moderated by Rajesh Gupta of University of California San Diego, the panel will explore best practices and future opportunities for power optimization at the system level – and whether this will drive methodology change in system-level design. Panelists: Kimmo Kuusilinna – Nokia, Palo Alto, Calif. Bradley McCredie – IBM Corp., Austin, Texas Andres Takach – Mentor Graphics Corp., Wilsonville, Ore. Jason Cong – University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. Johannes Stahl – CoWare, Inc., Aachen, Germany Finally, a special session titled “Technologies for Green Data Centers,” is scheduled for Thursday, July 30, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The session will be chaired by Prof. Massoud Pedram and describe state-of- the-art in computing, storage and networking technologies as well as data center design and operation. The speakers will focus on modeling data centers and managing the energy efficiency challenges in large data centers. Speakers:
Page 20 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Randy H. Katz – University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Prith Banerjee – Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif. Dilip D. Kandlur – IBM Corp., Austin, Texas Registration Attendance to the DAC Pavilion Panels and special plenary panel is included with both the Full Conference and Exhibit-Only registration options. For more details on DAC’s full program and to register, please visit http://www.dac.com/46th/index.aspx. Click here to return to Contents
NovaQuest PLM Summit to be Held Sept. 17 - 18, 2009 in Chicago Illinois July 2009 NovaQuest PLM Summit Overview Companies are maximizing their PLM investment thanks to Dassault Systèmes (DS) Product Lifecycle Management solutions. Learn how your company can begin doing this by attending the 2009 PLM Summit, presented by NovaQuest, a DS value added reseller. Join other DS users and thought leaders for this informative one and a half day event and gain insight into PLM innovation trends and product updates. Reasons to Attend: • Get perspectives from PLM industry thought leaders • Discover new ways to develop a PLM business case • Hear about best practices and lessons learned • Network with other Dassault Systèmes PLM customers • Learn about the latest Dassault Systèmes PLM Solutions All expenses, including one night accommodations in a luxury room, meals, and a cocktail reception, are included in the registration fee of only $199!* View the agenda! Guest Speakers Cam Moore, Director, Global IT, EV3 EV3 is a global leader and best-in-class Medical Device technology provider for
specialists treating a wide range of vascular diseases and disorders
Ron Stenger, Project Manager, PLM Stategy, A.O. Smith
A. O. Smith Corporation is one of the world’ s leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment and is also one of the largest manufacturers of electric motors for residential and commercial applications in North America.
Page 21 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary
Ken Hinz, PLM Design and Data Automation Manager, Oceaneering
Oceaneering is a global oilfield provider of engineered services and products primarily to the offshore oil and gas industry, with a focus on deepwater applications. Through the use of its applied technology expertise, Oceaneering also serves the defense and aerospace industries.
Location Eaglewood Conference Resort & Spa 1401 Nordic Road Itasca, IL 60143 Click here to return to Contents
Tekla User Meeting 2009 Keynote Speaker Announced July 2009 Tekla announced that Bill Hornaday as their keynote speaker for the Tekla Structures 2009 North American User Meeting. As President of The Weitz Company Rocky Mountain Region, Bill uses his extensive experience in retail, mountain, and office building construction to manage all operations. A Construction Engineering graduate of Iowa State University, Bill has prospered in the industry for nearly 35 years and serves as a construction industry resource for a variety of publications, while also sharing strategic and management approaches with local media outlets. Bill will discuss leveraging Lean Project Planning and Virtual Design and Construction to create new project delivery paradigms. One tool that helps Weitz achieve such innovation initiatives is working with their Design Team and their trade partners who use the Tekla Structures software application. Using the Building Information Model (BIM) to inform all aspects of project planning, reduces risk and removes constraints encountered in project delivery. Learn from a prominent national Contractor their vision of future collaboration and project delivery innovation. • Opportunities for new relationships with General Contractors • Future relationships that move across commercial boundaries • How do your services fit in an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) model • The benefit of Modeling as a communication tool • New mutually beneficial relationships that reduce your risk and increase your profit Click here to return to Contents
Think3 part of the crew at the “International School of Yacht Engineering” 27 July 2009 Think3 will play a teaching role at the International School of Yacht Engineering (ISYE) for the international naval design course organised by the University of Bologna Engineering Faculty (Ravenna campus), in association with the Flaminia Foundation and with the support of the Ravenna Port Authority.
Page 22 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary The course, comprising three weeks in September 2009 (Summer School) and two in January 2010 (Winter School), aims to provide a high level of specialisation in the sector to students and those already employed in naval design wishing to improve their knowledge. Subjects taught at the Summer School include naval architecture, problems relating to structures, legislative aspects, manufacturing techniques and the latest techniques used for experimental testing and simulation of hulls and interiors using a water tank and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Lessons at the Winter School will concentrate on propeller and sail propulsion to give students a complete outline of the knowledge required to manage a detailed naval design project. Lessons will be taught by a wide range of internationally renowned teachers and naval design experts from Italy and abroad. Think3 will be responsible for two sessions to be held on the 16th and 24th of September. The sessions are entitled ‘Modelling of hulls’ (taught by Davide Ciarloni) and ‘Designing a naval layout’ (taught by Marco Brandoni) and aim to demonstrate the potential of 3D and the think3 ThinkDesign CAD solution in naval design. Specifically, Ciarloni and Brandoni will explain how think3 Global Shape Modelling (GSM) technology allows for rapid yet accurate modifications to forms whilst maintaining the original ideas of the designer, thus encouraging total freedom in the design and modification of complex surfaces. GSM enables the designer to modify a form quickly and obtain immediate visual feedback to assess the impact on the design, thus enabling interaction with product rendering and intuitive working processes. Think3 is able to provide numerous references from the naval design sector. CRN, Zuccon International Project, Hydro Tec, GP Service and Meccano Engineering are just some of the companies that have seen involvement with think3, without of course forgetting the preferential relationship with the naval engineering faculties at various Italian universities. Think3 participation at the School of Yacht Engineering continues to cement the close links, begun in 2004, with the University of Bologna. Prof. Alfredo Liverani, head of the School of Yacht Engineering, adds: “The think3 CAD platform is able to combine the creativity of modelling quality surfaces and management of complex geometries in all their detail, two vital features for a successful naval design project”. Teaching will include not only theory but also practical experiments and visits to companies operating in the sector to ensure direct contact with boatyards and suppliers of seafaring technology. The courses will be held at the Ravenna campus of the University of Bologna Engineering Faculty. For further information concerning the think3 educational program, please contact pub- [email protected]. ISYE – International School of Yacht Engineering Website: http://isye.ing.unibo.it Information: Barbara Cimatti, [email protected], +39 335 5895500 Click here to return to Contents
Z-DAC 2009 Conference Registration is Now Open 29 July 2009 Zuken announced that conference registration is now open for Z-DAC 2009 Z-DAC, taking place Nov 3-4 2009, is where Zuken’s existing customers, prospects and industry professionals join together to share insight and experiences while broadening their knowledge and building relationships.
Page 23 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary This year Zuken is planning to offer even more of the things that make Z-DAC such a success year after year: • Networking opportunities throughout the 2-day event • Knowledge sharing with colleagues • User presentations • Birds of a Feather Discussion Groups • Product- and solution-focused sessions • Management-focused sessions • Product Showcase • Opportunities to meet with Zuken Management With everything from customer presentations, to discussion groups, to new product demonstrations, Z- DAC 2009 offers two days packed with great information. There will also be lots of opportunities for participants to meet with Zuken staff and with long-time customers to help understand more about Zuken’s dedication to partnership with its customers. Zuken USA’s General Manager, David Gullickson, comments, "Apart from the multiple networking opportunities, one of the reasons that the conference is so successful is that we don’t limit attendance to customers only; we invite prospects to join so they can benefit from the information sharing and see for themselves just how happy our customers really are." For those looking to extend their conference experience, the well-attended M3 - Management Match Making event takes place following the conference, along with an additional full day of hands-on training on November 5th. Registration is now open and pricing remains the same as last year with Early Bird pricing of $220 good until midnight on September 4th, after that, the price goes up to $300. Full details, including the agenda and links to register are available on the event page at www.zuken.com/zdac Click here to return to Contents Financial News
Atos Origin First Half 2009 Results 29 July 2009 Revenue of EUR 2,589 million; Operating Margin of EUR 118 million representing 4.6 per cent of revenue thanks to the first positive effects of the TOP Program Order entries up by +10 per cent to EUR 2,903 million • Book to bill ratio of 112 per cent • Full backlog at EUR 7.5 billion representing 1.5 year of revenue; up +3 per cent • Group share adjusted net income of EUR 74 million;
Page 24 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • Net debt of EUR 328 million compared to EUR 514 million end of June 2008 Full year guidance is confirmed: slight decrease in revenue, improvement in operating margin of 50 to 100 basis points compared to 2008 and positive cash flow. Today, Atos Origin, an international IT services company, announced revenue of EUR 2,589 million for the first half of 2009 representing a slight organic decline of -2.4 per cent. Operating margin reached EUR 118 million representing 4.6 per cent of revenue. This performance was achieved despite a charge of EUR 14 million following the insolvency of the customer Arcandor. Excluding this provision, the operating margin increased by 50 basis points compared to the first half of 2008. Thierry Breton, Chairman and CEO of Atos Origin said: “During the first half of 2009, the Group implemented strong measures to address the deterioration in the economic environment in order to control its cost base and to improve its operational profitability. The implementation of the TOP Program contributed directly to the improvement of the operating margin by circa 50 basis points. The TOP Program will continue to accelerate in the second half of 2009 which means the Group is confirming its guidance that there will be an improvement in operating margin of 50 to 100 basis points this year.” Revenue by Service Line Consulting revenue continued to decrease during the second quarter of 2009. Revenue was EUR 133 million in the first half, representing an organic decrease of -22.6 per cent compared to H1 2008. As announced by the Group last April, tough market conditions have persisted since the beginning of the year and large customers have delayed investment and purchasing decisions. Systems Integration revenue reached EUR 974 million in the first half of 2009, representing an organic decline of -9.3 per cent. This business line was impacted by a decline in the Benelux (-19.1 per cent) where demand dropped significantly and in Iberia / South America (-11.9 per cent) where the economic environment was particularly tough. However, the decline was more limited in the United Kingdom (- 2.9 per cent), in France (-5.4 per cent) and in Germany Central Europe / EMA (-6.5 per cent). In Managed Operations, revenue was EUR 1,482 million, representing an organic growth of +5.4 per cent. Managed services increased by +5.1 per cent to EUR 974 million, High Tech Transactional Services (formerly On-Line Services) increased by +6.6 per cent to EUR 434 million and Medical BPO increased by +2.3 per cent to EUR 74 million. Revenue by Global Business Unit (GBU) Consistent with the IFRS 8 rule, the Group presents the geographical segmentation in line with the operational management, i.e. by Group Business Unit (GBU). Revenue by GBU for the first half of 2009 varied significantly: The United Kingdom and Atos Worldline reported an organic growth respectively of +6 per cent and +5 per cent; France and Rest of the World reported a decline of less than -2 per cent; Germany Central Europe / EMA and Iberia / South America reported a decline respectively of -5.2 per cent and -6.9 per cent; Benelux reported a decline of more than -11 per cent. Operating performance
Page 25 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary During the first half of 2009, the Operating Margin was EUR 118 million, representing 4.6 per cent of revenue, the same as in the first semester of 2008. In a very difficult economic environment, the Group, excluding the effect from Arcandor’s insolvency, has improved its operational profitability by 50 basis points compared to the first half of 2008. This performance was achieved with an increased operating margin in: The United Kingdom in all the service lines (8.2 per cent of revenue compared to 6.3 per cent in first semester 2008); France, where the operating margin rose from 2.3 per cent to 3.5 per cent mainly due to the increase for Systems Integration from 0.2 per cent in the first half of 2008 to 2.1 per cent for the first half of 2009; Rest of the World with a profitability from 1.0 per cent to 5.1 per cent. This improvement was countered by a lower operating margin in the Benelux due to a strong decrease of revenue in Systems Integration and in Consulting and also by the EUR 14 million charge in Germany Central Europe following Arcandor insolvency which negatively impacted by 50 basis points the Group operating margin for the first half of 2009. Atos Worldline improved its profitability to 14.7 per cent while Iberia / South America reported operating margin of 1.3 per cent compared to 4.2 per cent last year. Corporate central costs (excluding Global Delivery Lines) have been reduced by 12 per cent to EUR 33.9 million compared to EUR 38.4 million for the first half for 2008. Operating income and net income Operating income was EUR 42 million after EUR 75 million charge for reorganisation and rationalisation predominantly in Europe. Financial result was a charge of EUR 14 million, total tax charge was EUR 8 million representing an effective tax rate of 27.3 per cent and minority interests amounted to EUR 2 million. Therefore, the net income Group share reached EUR 18 million compared to EUR 125 million for the first half of 2008 which benefited from the effect of the UK Pension Plan amendment (EUR 64 million) and low restructuring charge (EUR 6 million). Adjusted net income (before unusual, abnormal and infrequent items net of tax) totalled EUR 74 million at the same level as the first half of 2008. Net debt Group net debt as of 30 June 2009 reached EUR 328 million compared to EUR 304 million as of 31 December 2008 and EUR 514 million as of 30 June 2008. This amount includes EUR 70 million cash out for reorganisation and rationalisation. During the first half of 2009, capital expenditures totalled EUR 107 million representing 4.1 per cent of revenue, a reduction compared to EUR 139 million for the first half of 2008 at 4.8 per cent of revenue. Within the TOP Program, strong actions have been taken to reduce the working capital, particularly for the collection of receivables where the DSO has been reduced by 9 days compared to 30 June 2008. Therefore, the seasonal increase of working capital during the first half of the year has been minimised. Globally, the increase of the net debt has been reduced to EUR 24 million during the first half of 2009 compared to EUR 148 million for the first half of 2008 (excluding disposal of Italy and the pension plans in the United Kingdom).
Page 26 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Human resources Total number of Group employees declined from 50,975 as of 31 December 2008 to 49,407 as of 30 June 2009. New hirings were reduced by half between the first and second quarter of this year. 2,000 new employees were recruited during the first half of 2009 compared to 5,590 in first half of 2008. The attrition rate has dropped significantly from 13.6 per cent in the first half of 2008 to 7.5 per cent in the first half of 2009. Dismissals and restructuring impacted more than 1,300 staff, in line with the full year expectations of the Group. Finally, in light of the economic environment, management of Group human resources has been focused on targeted programs aimed at maintaining and renewing critical skills, particularly for recently graduated engineers. The number of subcontractors has been reduced by more than 1,400 staff, representing a drop of 36 per cent compared to the end of 2008. This reduction is already higher than the objective of 1,000 for the full year. Commercial activity Total order entries totalled EUR 2,903 million, up by +10 per cent compared to the level of the first half of 2008 (+12 per cent at same scope and exchange rates). The book to bill ratio for the first half of 2009 reached 112 per cent compared to 98 per cent for the same period last year. During the second quarter of the year, the Group renewed existing contracts and signed new ones. In France, a new signature was concluded with SFR and contracts with Rhodia, Bouygues Telecom, and BNP Paribas have been renewed within Managed Services. In the Benelux, new contracts were signed with the tax authorities in The Netherlands, Ahold, ING and NXP while some Managed Services contracts with its two most important customers and with DSM were renewed. In the United Kingdom, the Group won new projects in the public sector (Ministry of Justice and NHS Scotland) as well as in the finance and in the energy sectors. Atos Worldline renewed its existing contracts with Postbank and Exxon. In Germany, the Group won a new project with E-Plus. In Asia the outsourcing contract with Standard Chartered Bank was renewed and the order for the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010 was signed. The International Olympic Committee extended its contract with Atos Origin to include the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games. As of 30 June 2009, the full backlog totalled EUR 7.5 billion representing 1.5 year of revenue and up +3 per cent compared to 30 June 2008. The full qualified pipeline was EUR 2.6 billion up by EUR 400 million compared to 30 June 2008. TOP Program The TOP Program implemented in December 2008 already produced first positive effects during the first half of 2009. Consequently, the Group is confident that the acceleration of the TOP Program will increase its impact on operating profitability during the second semester of 2009 through a further reduction of the total cost base. During the first half of 2009, travel expenses (annual basis EUR 130 million) were down by 23 per cent compared to the same period last year, rent and lease expenses (annual basis EUR 240 million) dropped by 17 per cent below H1 last year, external expenses (annual basis EUR 110 million) such as insurance, marketing and communication, professional fees dropped by 22 per cent. The strong actions initiated during the first half 2009 should convert into savings as soon as the second
Page 27 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary half of this year for the following expenses: costs for maintenance (annual basis EUR 260 million), company cars (annual basis EUR 80 million) and telecommunication (annual basis EUR 120 million). Globally, the TOP Program had a positive effect on the Group operating margin in the first half of 2009 of 50 basis points. Group Organisation The new organisation defined early February this year has been implemented during the first semester. This organisation aims at internally reorganizing the Corporate functions and Group processes in order to reposition and reinforce the authority of Global Functions and implement the necessary leverage to monitor the transformation of Atos Origin into a full integrated Group. During the first half of 2009, several key people were hired or appointed as part of the renewal of the Top Management team of Atos Origin: Paul Bray, leading Global SAP, Francis Delacourt, in charge of Strategic International Accounts and Deals, Marc-Henri Desportes, in charge of Global Innovation, Business Development and Strategy; Eric Grall, Head of Global Managed Services; Philippe Mareine, General Secretary; Francis Meston, Head of Global Systems Integration; Hervé Payan, Head of Global Consulting and entity Global Sales and Markets; 2009 objectives After six months of activity, the Group confirms its full year guidance: slight decrease in revenue, improvement in operating margin of 50 to 100 basis points compared to 2008, and positive cash flow. Forthcoming announcements 16 October 2009 Third quarter revenue
17 February 2010 2009 Annual results Disclaimers Global Business Units include France (France and French subsidiary in Morocco), United Kingdom, Benelux (The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), Atos Worldline (French, German and Belgium subsidiaries), GCEMA (Germany Central Europe with Austria, Poland, and Mediterranean countries and Africa which include South Africa, Greece, Turkey and Switzerland), Iberia / South America (Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil and Columbia), and Rest of the World (Asia Pacific including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan as well as North America, India, Major Events and Middle East with Dubai) Revenue organic growth is presented at 2009 scope and exchange rates. The document contains further forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties concerning the Group's expected growth and profitability in the future. Actual events or results may differ from those described in this document due to a number of risks and uncertainties that are described within the 2008 annual report filed with the Autorités des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on 9
Page 28 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary April 2009 as a Document de Référence under the registration number: D09-251. Click here to return to Contents
Cadence Reports Q2 2009 Financial Results 29 July 2009 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced results for the second quarter 2009. Cadence reported second quarter 2009 revenue of $210 million, compared to revenue of $308 million reported for the same period in 2008. On a GAAP basis, Cadence recognized a net loss of $74 million, or $(0.29) per share on a diluted basis, in the second quarter of 2009, compared to a net loss of $19 million, or $(0.07) per share on a diluted basis in the same period in 2008. In addition to using GAAP results in evaluating Cadence's business, management believes it is useful to measure results using a non-GAAP measure of net income or net loss, which excludes, as applicable, amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, in-process research and development charges, costs related to a withdrawn acquisition proposal and losses on the sale of shares of the target company stock, integration and acquisition-related costs, gains or losses and expenses or credits related to non-qualified deferred compensation plan assets, executive severance costs, restructuring charges and credits, amortization of discount on convertible notes, equity in losses (income) from investments, write-down of investments, impairment charges related to goodwill, intangible assets and fixed assets, and losses related to the liquidation of a subsidiary. Non-GAAP net income or net loss is adjusted by the amount of additional taxes or tax benefit that the company would accrue if it used non-GAAP results instead of GAAP results to calculate the company's tax liability. See "GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliation" below for further information on the non-GAAP measure. Using this non-GAAP measure, net loss in the second quarter of 2009 was $13 million, or $(0.05) per share on a diluted basis, as compared to net income of $24 million, or $0.09 per share on a diluted basis, in the same period in 2008. “While we have not yet seen a recovery in EDA spending, the Cadence recovery is well underway,” said Lip-Bu Tan, president and chief executive officer. “We reduced our expense base, customer feedback is that the level of engineering and field engagement is extremely effective, and our key technologies continue to gain traction.” Added Kevin S. Palatnik, senior vice president and chief financial officer, “Our second quarter results demonstrate that we are reducing costs, improving profitability, and positioning the company for long term growth with excellent progress on our transition to the 90/10 model.” The following statements are based on current expectations. These statements are forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially. Business Outlook For the third quarter of 2009, the company expects total revenue in the range of $210 million to $220 million. Third quarter GAAP net loss per diluted share is expected to be in the range of $(0.14) to $(0.12). Net loss / net income per diluted share using the non-GAAP measure defined below is expected to be in the range of $(0.01) to $0.01. For the full year 2009, the company expects total revenue in the range of $830 million to $870 million. On a GAAP basis, net loss per diluted share for fiscal 2009 is expected to be in the range of $(0.81) to
Page 29 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary $(0.69). Using the non-GAAP measure defined below, net loss per diluted share for fiscal 2009 is expected to be in the range of $(0.20) to $(0.08). A schedule showing a reconciliation of the business outlook from GAAP net loss and diluted net loss per share to the non-GAAP net income or net loss and diluted net income or net loss per share is included with this release. Audio Webcast Scheduled Lip-Bu Tan, Cadence’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and Kevin S. Palatnik, Cadence’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host a second quarter 2009 financial results audio webcast today, July 29, 2009, at 2 p.m. (Pacific) / 5 p.m. (Eastern). An archive of the webcast will be available starting July 29, 2009 at 5 p.m. (Pacific) and ending August 5, 2009 at 5 p.m. (Pacific). Webcast access is available at http://www.cadence.com/cadence/investor_relations. Adoption of FASB Staff Position APB 14-1 On the first day of fiscal 2009, Cadence adopted FASB Staff Position APB, 14-1, “Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash Settlement).” Accordingly, Cadence has adjusted the applicable prior period balance sheets and statements of operations to reflect the adjusted balance of the convertible notes and related items, and to record the amortization of the discount on the convertible notes as non-cash interest expense. A reconciliation of Cadence’s as-adjusted Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 3, 2009 and its as-adjusted Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months and six months ended June 28, 2008 to their respective statements as initially reported is included with this release. GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliation Cadence management evaluates and makes operating decisions using various operating measures. These measures are generally based on the revenues of its product, maintenance and services business operations and certain costs of those operations, such as cost of revenues, research and development, sales and marketing and general and administrative expenses. One such measure is non-GAAP net income or net loss, which is a non-GAAP financial measure under Section 101 of Regulation G under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is GAAP net income or net loss excluding, as applicable, amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, in-process research and development charges, costs related to Cadence’s withdrawn proposal to acquire Mentor Graphics Corporation and losses on the sale of Mentor Graphics Corporation shares, integration and acquisition- related costs, gains or losses and expenses or credits related to non-qualified deferred compensation plan assets, executive severance costs, restructuring charges and credits, amortization of discount on convertible notes, equity in losses (income) from investments, write-down of investments, impairment charges related to goodwill, intangible assets and fixed assets, and losses related to the liquidation of a subsidiary. Intangible assets consist primarily of purchased or licensed technology, backlog, patents, trademarks, distribution rights, customer contracts and related relationships and non-compete agreements. Non-GAAP net income or net loss is adjusted by the amount of additional taxes or tax benefit that the company would accrue if it used non-GAAP results instead of GAAP results to calculate the company's tax liability. Cadence’s management believes it is useful in measuring Cadence's operations to exclude amortization of intangible assets, in-process research and development charges and integration and acquisition-related costs because these costs are primarily fixed at the time of an acquisition and generally cannot be changed by Cadence’s management in the short term. In addition, Cadence’s management believes it is
Page 30 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary useful to exclude stock-based compensation expense because it enhances investors’ ability to review Cadence’s business from the same perspective as Cadence’s management, which believes that stock- based compensation expense is not directly attributable to the underlying performance of the company’s business operations. Cadence’s management also believes that it is useful to exclude restructuring charges and credits. During the second half of fiscal 2008 and the first half of fiscal 2009, Cadence commenced restructuring programs that it expects to complete in the first half of 2010. Cadence’s management believes that in measuring the company's operations, it is useful to exclude any such restructuring charges and credits because Cadence does not undertake significant restructuring on a regular basis, and exclusion of such charges permits consistent evaluations of Cadence’s performance before and after such actions are taken. Cadence’s management also believes it is useful to exclude executive severance costs because these costs do not occur frequently. Cadence’s management believes it is useful to exclude gains or losses and expenses or credits related to the non-qualified deferred compensation plan assets because these gains and expenses are not part of Cadence’s direct costs of operations, but reflect changes in the value of assets held in the non-qualified deferred compensation plan. Cadence’s management also believes it is useful to exclude the amortization of the discount on convertible notes recorded under FSP APB 14-1 because this incremental cost recorded as interest expense does not represent a cash obligation of the company and is not part of Cadence’s direct cost of operations. Cadence’s management also believes it is useful to exclude the equity in losses (income) from investments and write-down of investments because these items are not part of Cadence’s direct cost of operations. Rather, these are non-operating items that are included in other income (expense) and are part of the company's investment activities. Finally, Cadence’s management also believes it is useful to exclude impairment charges related to goodwill, intangible assets and fixed assets, and losses related to the liquidation of a subsidiary because these do not occur on a regular basis and are not part of the company’s direct costs of operations. During fiscal year 2008, Cadence’s non-GAAP net loss also excluded the impact of tax expense associated with recording a valuation allowance against Cadence’s deferred tax assets. Cadence’s management believes it is useful to exclude the tax expense associated with this valuation allowance because Cadence does not expect changes in the valuation allowance of the magnitude recorded in the fourth quarter of 2008 to be recorded frequently. During fiscal year 2008, Cadence’s non-GAAP net loss also excluded the impact of tax expense associated with Cadence’s repatriation of foreign earnings. Cadence’s management believes it is useful to exclude the tax expense associated with the repatriation of foreign earnings because it resulted from an event that is not expected to occur frequently. During fiscal year 2008, Cadence’s non-GAAP net loss also excluded costs related to Cadence’s withdrawn proposal to acquire Mentor Graphics Corporation and losses on the sale of Mentor Graphics Corporation shares Cadence acquired as part of the proposed acquisition. Cadence’s management believes that in measuring Cadence’s operations it is useful to exclude the costs and the losses associated with this proposed acquisition because these items are not directly related to Cadence’s operating performance and resulted from events that are not expected to occur frequently. Cadence’s management believes that non-GAAP net income or net loss provides useful supplemental information to Cadence’s management and investors regarding the performance of the company's business operations and facilitates comparisons to the company’s historical operating results. Cadence’s management also uses this information internally for forecasting and budgeting. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as a substitute for or superior to measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors and potential investors are encouraged to review the
Page 31 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures contained within this press release with their most directly comparable GAAP financial results. The following tables reconcile the specific items excluded from GAAP net loss and GAAP net loss per diluted share in the calculation of non-GAAP net income or net loss and non-GAAP net income or net loss per diluted share for the periods shown below:
Net Income (Loss) Reconciliation Three Months Ended
July 4, 2009 June 28, 2008
(As Adjusted)*
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
$(74,357) $(18,812) Net loss on a GAAP basis
Amortization of acquired intangibles 4,820 11,630
Stock-based compensation expense 16,507 21,454
Non-qualified deferred compensation expenses (credits) (1,523) (3,050)
Restructuring and other charges (credits) 18,528 (355)
Integration and acquisition-related costs 180 256
Amortization of debt discount 4,770 4,032
Equity in losses from investments, write-down of investments, gains and losses on non-qualified deferred compensation plan assets – recorded in Other income (expense), net 2,321 6,676
Income tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments 15,453 2,374
Net income (loss) on a non-GAAP basis $(13,301) $24,205
* Adjusted for the retrospective adoption of FSP APB 14-1
Diluted Net Income (Loss) per Share Three Months Ended Reconciliation
July 4, 2009 June 28, 2008
(As Adjusted)*
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)
Page 32 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary
Diluted net loss per share on a GAAP basis $(0.29) $(0.07)
Amortization of acquired intangibles 0.02 0.04
Stock-based compensation expense 0.06 0.08
Non-qualified deferred compensation expenses (credits) - - - - (0.01)
Restructuring and other charges (credits) 0.07 - - - -
Integration and acquisition-related costs ------
Amortization of debt discount 0.02 0.01
Equity in losses from investments, write-down of investments, gains and losses on non-qualified deferred compensation plan assets – recorded in Other income (expense), net 0.01 0.02
Income tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments 0.06 0.02
Diluted net income (loss) per share on a non-GAAP basis $(0.05) $0.09
Shares used in calculation of diluted net loss per share —GAAP (A) 256,883 252,629
Shares used in calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share —non-GAAP (A) 256,883 269,060
(A) Shares used in the calculation of GAAP net income (loss) per share are expected to be the same as shares used in the calculation of non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, except when the company reports a GAAP net loss and non-GAAP net income, or GAAP net income and a non-GAAP net loss.
* Adjusted for the retrospective adoption of FSP APB 14-1
Investors are encouraged to look at the GAAP results as the best measure of financial performance. For example, amortization of intangibles or in-process technology are important to consider because they may represent initial expenditures that under GAAP are reported across future fiscal periods. Likewise, stock-based compensation expense is an obligation of the company that should be considered. Restructuring charges can be triggered by acquisitions or product adjustments, as well as overall company performance within a given business environment. All of these metrics are important to financial performance generally. Although Cadence’s management finds the non-GAAP measure useful in evaluating the performance of Cadence's business, reliance on this measure is limited because items excluded from such measures often have a material effect on Cadence's earnings and earnings per share calculated in accordance with GAAP. Therefore, Cadence’s management typically uses the non-GAAP earnings and earnings per share measures, in conjunction with the GAAP earnings and earnings per share measures, to address these limitations. Cadence’s management believes that presenting the non-GAAP measure of earnings and earnings per share provides investors with an additional tool for evaluating the performance of the company's business, which Cadence’s management uses in its own evaluation of performance, and an additional baseline for assessing the future earnings potential of the company. While the GAAP results are more complete, Cadence’s management prefers to allow investors to have this supplemental measure since it may provide additional insights into the company’s financial results.
Page 33 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Cadence expects that its corporate representatives will meet privately during the quarter with investors, the media, investment analysts and others. At these meetings, Cadence may reiterate the business outlook published in this press release. At the same time, Cadence will keep this press release, including the business outlook, publicly available on its Web site. Prior to the start of the Quiet Period (described below), the public may continue to rely on the business outlook contained herein as still being Cadence's current expectations on matters covered unless Cadence publishes a notice stating otherwise. Beginning September 18, 2009, Cadence will observe a Quiet Period during which the business outlook as provided in this press release and the company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q no longer constitute the company's current expectations. During the Quiet Period, the business outlook in these documents should be considered to be historical, speaking as of prior to the Quiet Period only and not subject to any update by the company. During the Quiet Period, Cadence’s representatives will not comment on Cadence's business outlook, financial results or expectations. The Quiet Period will extend until the day when Cadence's Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Release is published, which is currently scheduled for October 28, 2009. Click here to return to Contents
Capgemini Group First-Half 2009 Results in Line with Targets 30 July 2009 The Board of Directors of Cap Gemini S.A. was convened on July 29, 2009 under the Chairmanship of Serge Kampf to approve the consolidated financial statements of the Capgemini Group for the first half of 2009. The Group’s key figures for the period are as follows:
(in millions of euros) First-half First-half 2008 2009 Revenues 4,374 4,376 Operating margin(1) 332 287 as a % of revenues 7.6% 6.6% Operating profit(2) 288 167 Profit for the period 231 78 Net cash and cash equivalents at 533 576 June 30
The Group reported consolidated revenues of €4,376 million for first-half 2009, virtually identical to first half 2008. On a like-for-like basis (constant Group structure and exchange rates), revenues suffered a modest 2.2% decline in line with forecasts. Thanks to strong sales momentum and a diverse business portfolio, the Group proved its resilience in a challenging economic environment. Bookings in the first six months of the year represented an amount of €4,433 million, once again mirroring the Group’s first-half 2008 figures (€4,497 million). Bookings surged 35% in Outsourcing, but were down 12% on average in the Group’s three other businesses (Consulting Services, Technology Services and Local Professional Services), which are more sensitive to changes in the economic climate. However, the book-to-bill ratio for these businesses was 1.07. Operating margin came in at 6.6% of revenues, down one percentage point on the same year-ago period.
Page 34 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary The fall in operating profit was steeper, down to €167 million as a result of restructuring costs incurred in adapting the Group to the changed economic landscape. The sharp drop in short-term interest rates narrowed the return on cash investments. Finance expense, net, came in at €39 million, up 160% on first-half 2008 (€15 million), while income tax expense for the period also rose a sharp 19% on the same year-ago period, to €50 million. This weighed heavily on profit for the period, which slumped to €78 million. (1) Operating margin, one of the Group’s key performance indicators, is defined as the difference between revenues and operating expenses. Operating expenses are the sum of the total cost of services rendered (costs incurred for the execution of client projects), selling expenses, and general and administrative expenses. (2) Operating profit includes expenses relating to shares and stock options granted to certain employees, and non-recurring income and expenses, notably goodwill impairment, capital gains and losses on disposals, restructuring costs, the costs of integrating companies recently acquired by the Group, and the effect of curtailments and settlements relating to defined benefit pension plans. In contrast, net cash and cash equivalents came in higher year-on-year by €43 million (€576 million versus €533 million at June 30, 2008). Net cash and cash equivalents totaled €774 million at December 31, 2008, but naturally declined following the payment of a €1 per share dividend (representing a total dividend of €143 million) approved by the April 30 Shareholders’ Meeting. The Group’s financial strength has been reinforced by a new issue of convertible/exchangeable bonds (“OCEANE”), an early refinancing of the OCEANE bonds maturing on January 1, 2010 that thereby extends the maturity of the Group’s debt. Operations by region - North America: revenues for the region advanced 3.1% on a reported basis but shed almost 8% stripping out fluctuations in the dollar. Operating margin came in at 5.1% of revenues (5.8% in firsthalf 2008). - Europe and Rest of the World: France remains the Group’s largest region. Revenues retreated 4.6%, although it should be noted that Technology Services reported revenue growth. The United Kingdom and Ireland region, where Outsourcing dominates, delivered strong 12.7% like-for-like growth. Benelux, where the crisis has been particularly severe, saw revenues fall 6.5%, while other regions reported a decline of 4.0% on average. Italy and Asia Pacific turned in upbeat performances, but elsewhere the gloomy economic mood weighed on results. With the exception of Benelux, which nonetheless posted respectable profitability levels (7.5% of revenues), all regions focused on stemming the decline in their operating margin. In France for example, operating margin came in at 4.8% for the period, down only 0.2 percentage point on first-half 2008. Operations by business segment - Outsourcing Services delivered 2.6% revenue growth on a like-for-like basis (constant Group structure and exchange rates), fulfilling its role as a stabilizing force among the Group’s businesses. Operating margin performed remarkably well, edging up nearly 2 percentage points to 6.5% of revenues. - Technology Services saw revenues slip just 2.6% while profitability was 6.1%. - Sogeti, especially sensitive to changes in the economic cycle, managed to stem the decline in its
Page 35 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary revenues, which retreated 5.4% on the back of a sharp industry downturn. Its operating margin was 9.1%. - Consulting Services, also vulnerable to changes in the economic mood, saw revenues slip 13.4%. In contrast, operating margin remained in double figures at 10.5% of revenues, thanks to a tight rein on operating performance indicators. Headcount At June 30, 2009, the Group had 89,453 employees, up 3.4% on June 30, 2008 but down 2.4% on December 31, 2008. Based mainly in India, as well as Poland, China, Morocco and Latin America, 28% of the workforce (25,027 employees) was based offshore, versus 26% one year earlier. In the second half of 2009, Capgemini’s Rightshore® solutions will be rolled out to Vietnam, with the integration of a development and maintenance platform staffed by around 100 professionals serving French clients in the insurance sector. Outlook During the period, the first signs emerged of a relative stabilization of activity in some regions. In a few cases, there were even indications of an upcoming upturn in demand. Out of prudence, however, the Group expects that Outsourcing will be the only business to enjoy a relative degree of stability in the six months to December 31. Its other business should continue to report a decline in year-on-year revenues, accentuated by the revenue growth recorded in the year-earlier comparative period. Overall, the Group’s revenues should decline by between 4% and 6% in the second half on a like-for-like basis (constant Group structure and exchange rates), resulting in a contraction of 3% to 4% for the year as a whole. Tighter cost control should however permit the Group to achieve operating margin of around 7% of revenues. Click here to return to Contents
Cranes Software’s Q1 FY10 Consolidated Revenues up 6% to Rs. 1,218 Million 30 July 2009 Note to the announcement: This press release discusses the audited financial performance of Cranes Software International Limited on a consolidated basis. This includes the performance of its subsidiaries Systat Software Asia Pacific Ltd., Systat Software Inc., USA, Systat Software GmbH., Germany,., Cranes Software Inc., USA, Cranes Software UK Ltd., Cranes Software International Pte. Ltd., Analytics Systems Pvt. Ltd., Tilak Autotech Pvt. Ltd., Dunn Solutions Group Inc., Caravel Info Systems Pvt. Ltd., Proland Software Pvt. Ltd., Engineering Technology Associates Inc., USA (ETA Inc., USA) and Engineering Technology Associates (Shanghai) Inc., China (Subsidiary of ETA Inc., USA), Esqube Communication Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and Cubeware GmbH. Cranes Software International Ltd. (Cranes), a Company that provides Enterprise Statistical Analytics and Engineering Simulation Software Products and Solutions across the globe, announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2009. Cranes Software Group’s financial performance review: Corresponding Quarterly Comparison Q1FY10 (April – June 2009) v/s Q1FY09 (April – June 2008)
Page 36 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • Total revenues were up 6% to Rs. 1,218 million from Rs. 1,154 million o Overseas revenues increased 14% to Rs. 1168 million and constitute 96% of total revenues o Domestic revenues at Rs. 50 million for the period under review • Operating profit improved by 2% to Rs. 587 million from Rs. 574 million. Operating margins for the quarter at 48% • Net profit after tax amounted to Rs. 281 million translating to diluted EPS of Rs. 2.05 for the period under review Commenting on the financial results, Asif Khader, Managing Director, Cranes Software International Limited, said: “Cranes has started the year on a positive note with revenues increasing 6% to Rs. 1,218 million. The thrust of our strategy that we have been aggressively implementing over the last four quarters is beginning to show results. The key focus of this strategy, includes streamlining our supply chain by consolidating operations across geographies and enhancement of operating efficiencies by devising strict measures to negotiate the recent rise in average collection period. This actions will help mitigate cashflow constrains faced during the quarter. Additionally, the Company is enhancing its interface with customers for direct sale of proprietary products particularly in locations where it has close proximity to direct offices. This has had a two fold effect in that it has further enabled us to reduce the sales cycle as well as led to better management of business. This is one of the reasons why the standalone revenues have declined significantly this quarter. One of our longest alliance partners, The MathWorks, for which we distributed products such as MATLAB in India, has decided to set-up its direct office in India. Although this has also contributed towards a decline in standalone revenues, the Company has put in further emphasis on the proprietary product sales in India. The demand for our products has improved and the Company has put into place a strong platform that will enable it to leverage the opportunities of an improving environment. We feel this move has helped de-risk our business by reducing the dependency on distribution sales through alliance partnership. Having said that, we will continue to explore the environment to partner with Companies so that we could provide end-to-end solutions to our customers. We have partnered with several other principals such as Siemens, Maple Soft, Lyrtech, in our endeavour to do so.” Acquisitions & Alliances during the quarter under review: • Cranes Software’s subsidiary, Proland Software, a data security company, entered into a strategic partnership with VirusBuster, a Hungary-based security solutions provider. This alliance will enable Proland to provide a wider selection of data security solutions to its customers, and expand its presence from a predominantly home/single user base to the enterprise/office segments • Cranes’ subsidiary, Systat Software entered into an agreement with Ohio based Rescentris, to globally offer their joint product, SigmaCERF - an Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) and knowledge management platform for life science research organizations. While industry experts predict the market for ELN to be one of the fastest technology growth areas, this collaboration will also enable Cranes’ SigmaPlot, SigmaStat and Systat customers to source tools that cater to different aspects of their research process from one single reliable source • Cranes entered into an alliance with Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software
Page 37 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary and services. This partnership will enable Cranes to distribute the full suite of PLM software solutions to its customer base in India, thereby strengthening its position further in the engineering simulations space • Cranes has been a strategic partner to CNN-IBN in analyzing the findings of opinion and exit polls as well as analyzing results for elections held both at the State and the Center. In the recently held Lok Sabha elections, the Company used its in house statistical software product SYSTAT for analysis of early trends on the counting day. Dr. Rajeev Karandikar, a well regarded probabilist and statistician who is an Executive Vice President at Cranes with the analytics team collaborated with the CNN-IBN for this exercise. New Product Launches during the quarter under review: • Released ETA/DYNAFORM Version 5.7 – With over 90 new and enhanced features, the latest launch of its powerful die analysis solution, ETA/DYNAFORM Version 5.7 will further address some of the long standing requirements of the Manufacturing and Automobile sectors • Released ETA/VPG Version 3.4 with NISA Solver – A finite element modeling software, ETA/VPG Version 3.4 has over 63 new or improved functions and offers an integrated linear static and Eigen value modules from the general purpose FEA software suite NISA, which allows users to easily create and visualize advanced simulations within the ETA/VPG environment Click here to return to Contents
DS Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results At High End of Company Objectives 30 July 2009 Dassault Systèmes (DS) reports IFRS unaudited financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2009. These results have been reviewed by the Company’s Board of Directors. Summary Financial Highlights (unaudited) • Second Quarter 2009 non-IFRS financial results at high end of DS objectives • Cost-savings initiative on track with €55 million realized year-to-date • Net operating cash flow of €177 million for First Half; Net cash position of €733 million • Shareholders approved annual cash dividend of €0.46 per share, stable with prior year • DS reconfirms 2009 constant currency financial objectives and updates for currency exchange rates Second Quarter 2009 Financial Summary
In millions of Euros, except per IFRS Non-IFRS share data Growth in Growth in Growth Growth cc* cc* Q2 Total Revenue 310.9 (5%) (11%) 311.2 (5%) (11%)
Page 38 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Q2 Software Revenue 271.3 (2%) (9%) 271.6 (2%) (9%) Q2 EPS 0.22 (39%) 0.37 (20%) Q2 Operating Margin 13.6% 21.9% • *In constant currencies. Bernard Charlès, Dassault Systèmes President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “The second quarter unfolded as anticipated. Revenue, margin and earnings results came in at the high end of our objectives, thanks to continued strong interest in DS solutions across a diversified number of industries, and to our cost savings program which is being implemented without impacting our R&D and sales capacities. “On balance, business conditions during the second quarter were similar to the first quarter with customers remaining cautious with respect to new business investments. We started to see some increase in activity among larger companies, for which design excellence, simulation and compliance were significant drivers. For smaller companies, in general, it was not the case as we observed some slight further weakening from the first three months of the year. “We are dedicated to the success of our customers with our investments in R&D. In June, we introduced Version 6 Release 2010 for the PLM market. We are just at the start of the adoption ramp of our V6 platform and software solutions and are therefore pleased by the number of wins we are seeing with more than 130 companies to date, representing the apparel, aerospace, automotive, energy, life sciences and high tech industries, among others. “This quarter, we obtained a milestone decision, with Renault Group selecting our V6 PLM solution, which will be deployed as their global collaborative innovation platform for all functions involved in engineering and product development, thus replacing legacy PDM and reducing Renault Group’s cost of operations. “In the Mainstream market, SolidWorks 2010 is set to be released in the fall of 2009 as scheduled. This latest release is uniquely positioned to offer users the ability to easily evaluate design and material alternatives for sustainable product development.” Second Quarter 2009 Financial Review
In millions of Euros IFRS Non-IFRS Q2 Q2 Growth in Q2 Q2 Growth in
2009 2008 cc* 2009 2008 cc* Total Revenue 310.9 326.2 (11%) 311.2 326.2 (11%) Software Revenue 271.3 278.0 (9%) 271.6 278.0 (9%) Services and other Revenue 39.6 48.2 (24%) 39.6 48.2 (24%) PLM software Revenue 206.5 211.6 (9%) 206.8 211.6 (9%) Mainstream 3D software 64.8 66.4 (10%) 64.8 66.4 (10%) Revenue
Americas 96.5 95.9 (12%) 96.6 95.9 (12%) Europe 144.2 157.1 (8%) 144.2 157.1 (8%) Asia 70.2 73.2 (18%) 70.4 73.2 (18%)
Page 39 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary *In constant currencies. On a reported basis, IFRS and non-IFRS total revenue and software revenue decreased by 5% and 2%, respectively, benefiting from favorable currency effects which helped mitigate the impact of lower activity. On a constant currency basis, non-IFRS software revenue performance benefited from recurring software revenue which increased 6% (representing 74% of total software revenue) but was negatively impacted by a decline in new licenses revenue of 36%. Excluding currency effects non-IFRS PLM software revenue declined by 9% with CATIA and ENOVIA software revenue lower by 13% and 15%, respectively. Overall PLM performance benefited from higher simulation revenue, with SIMULIA posting double-digit software revenue growth. Mainstream 3D software results also reflected lower new licenses revenue partially offset by growth in subscription revenue. In order to mitigate the impact of the global recession on its operating results, the Company has in place a cost savings program with the goal of reducing expenses while maintaining its research and development and sales capacities. Since the start of the year, the Company has realized over €55 million in savings across such areas as revenue-related costs, travel, marketing, procurement, outside services and other areas. In addition to the savings program, the Company had previously begun and is continuing an operational efficiency program organized around several key initiatives including shared services and co-location of offices. The Company anticipates that these efficiency programs will bring additional benefits in 2010. Looking at financial results on a sequential basis, Non-IFRS total revenue was €311.2 million in the second quarter, compared to €310.7 million in the first quarter, and excluding quarter to quarter currency effects increased 2%. Non-IFRS total software revenue was €271.6 million, similar to first quarter non-IFRS total software revenue of €272.8 million. Excluding currency effects, non-IFRS total software revenue increased 2% sequentially, with new licenses revenue higher by 10% and services and other revenue growing 7%. As anticipated, non-IFRS recurring software revenue was lower by 1% on a sequential basis in constant currencies. The non-IFRS operating margin improved to 21.9% in the second quarter from 19.4% in the first quarter benefiting from the ongoing implementation of the Company’s cost savings program. Global headcount at June 30th was 7,903, down 1.5% from 8,020 at March 31, 2009. First Half 2009 Financial Summary
In millions of Euros, except per IFRS Non-IFRS share data Growth in Growth in Growth Growth cc* cc* H1 2009 Total Revenue 620.6 (2%) (9%) 621.9 (2%) (9%) H1 2009 Software Revenue 543.1 (1%) (7%) 544.4 (1%) (7%) H1 2009 EPS 0.46 (45%)** 0.74 (15%)
Page 40 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary H1 2009 Operating Margin 13.3% 20.7% *In constant currencies. **In the 2008 First Half DS recorded a €17 million (€0.13 per share) gain on sale for its prior corporate headquarters facility in other operating income and expense, net.
In millions of Euros IFRS Non-IFRS H1 H1 Growth in H1 H1 Growth in
2009 2008 cc* 2009 2008 cc* Total Revenue 620.6 633.6 (9%) 621.9 634.1 (9%) Software Revenue 543.1 547.1 (7%) 544.4 547.6 (7%) Services and other Revenue 77.5 86.5 (16%) 77.5 86.5 (16%) PLM software Revenue 407.2 413.5 (8%) 408.5 414.0 (8%) Mainstream 3D software 135.9 133.6 (6%) 135.9 133.6 (6%) Revenue
Americas 193.9 189.8 (11%) 194.4 190.0 (11%) Europe 281.8 295.8 (4%) 281.9 296.0 (4%) Asia 144.9 148.0 (15%) 145.6 148.1 (15%) *In constant currencies.
IFRS and non-IFRS total revenue was lower by approximately 2% as reported and 9% in constant currencies. Revenue growth rates on a reported basis benefited from the strengthening of both the US dollar and the Japanese yen during the first half of 2009 compared to the 2008 First Half which helped mitigate the impact of lower activity. Revenue distribution by geographic region in the 2009 First Half remained similar to that of the same period in 2008. As a percentage of total revenue, Europe represented 46% (47% in 2008 First Half), the Americas accounted for 31% (30% in 2008 First Half) and Asia represented 23% (23% in 2008 First Half). For the 2009 First Half, IFRS and non-IFRS software revenue was lower by approximately 1% as reported and 7% in constant currencies, reflecting periodic licenses, maintenance, and product development revenue growth of 11% which was largely offset by a decrease in new licenses revenue of 38% (all figures in constant currencies except as noted). Non-IFRS recurring software revenue, comprised of periodic licenses and maintenance revenue, increased 10% in constant currencies and totaled €407.8 million for the 2009 First Half, compared to €345.6 million in the 2008 First Half. Recurring software revenue represented 75% of total software revenue in the 2009 First Half and 63% in the 2008 First Half.
Page 41 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Software revenue growth trends were similarly impacted in both the PLM and Mainstream segments of the Company’s business with a significant decrease in new license revenue activity offset in part by growth in periodic licenses and maintenance revenue. IFRS net income per diluted share decreased 45.2% principally reflecting the year-over-year decrease in revenue as well as the year-ago benefit from the gain on sale of part of the Company’s prior corporate headquarters facility. Non-IFRS net income per diluted share decreased 14.9%, principally reflecting lower revenue activity. Cash Flow and Other Financial Highlights IFRS net operating cash flow was €81.0 million and €177.3 million for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2009, respectively. Cash and short-term investments totaled €932.8 million at June 30, 2009, compared to €840.4 million at December 31, 2008. The Company’s net financial position amounted to €732.6 million at June 30, 2009, net of outstanding debt consisting of €200.2 million of financial long-term debt. During the second quarter 2009, the Company paid cash dividends totaling €54.8 million. Annual Shareholders’ Meeting Approved Cash Dividend Payment The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting was held on June 9, 2009. At the meeting shareholders approved for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 the payment of an annual cash dividend equivalent to €0.46 per share, equal to the prior year. The Company has consistently paid annual cash dividends since its initial public offering in 1996. The cash dividend was paid on June 25, 2009. Key Business and Corporate Highlights Renault Chooses DS Full V6 PLM to Improve the Company’s Productivity and Product Quality. Renault has selected Dassault Systèmes’ V6 PLM as its new global product development solution, in order to improve productivity, and product quality. Renault has already started to implement the ENOVIA V6 based collaborative platform and CATIA V6, and will rapidly move to the full DS V6 portfolio to enable the company and its suppliers to collaborate on the creation of new product designs in real time. Piaggio Aero Selects DS V6 for Global Product Development. Piaggio Aero Industries, one of the world’s most prestigious aircraft manufacturers, has selected DS V6 as its global product development platform including all required applications to support the company’s business needs and industry leadership strategy. Piaggio Aero Industries is implementing the ENOVIA V6 platform and DS PLM applications including ENOVIA and CATIA to enable the company and its core risk-sharing partners to collaborate on the creation of new product designs in real time. ELDO Selects DS PLM Solutions for its Italian Fashion Label, FREESOUL. Eldo S.r.l, a Florence, Italy-based holding company, has selected Dassault Systèmes’ ENOVIA Apparel Accelerator for Design and Development to rapidly bring new clothing lines for its FREESOUL brand of denim products to the market. Launched in 1994, FREESOUL is one of Europe’s top denim fashion brands. Wittur Group Standardizes on SolidWorks Enterprise PDM to Create Global Collaboration Network of Designers. The Wittur Group has selected SolidWorks Enterprise PDM for document and workflow management to unify and organize its global offices more transparently. Its goals are improved teamwork between designers, optimized development processes, and more secure and efficient data management through a consolidated database.
Page 42 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Sanjel Corp. Slashes Development Time with SolidWorks 3D CAD and Simulation Software. In developing the custom cementing unit, Sanjel is using SolidWorks’ simulation software to ensure it is rugged enough to withstand being loaded up onto the back of a winch truck, being lifted onto a cargo ship by crane, sustaining impacts from vehicles and machinery, and enduring conditions commonly encountered in the oilfield. DS Launches V6R2010. On June 23rd, DS announced the launch of its Version 6, Release 2010. Dassault Systèmes’ V6 collaborative platform has been widely adopted in industries including: Apparel (Guess, Under Armour, Trent Ltd.); Consumer Packaged Goods (Procter & Gamble); Life Sciences (Beckman Coulter); High Tech (Lexmark International, novero GmbH); Semiconductors (Dialog Semiconductor, INSIDE Contactless); Energy (Oceaneering, Stork GLT); Aerospace (Piaggio Aero Industries, Eaton Aerospace); Automotive (EATON, Great Walls Motors, Johnson Controls); Business Services (TÜV Rheinland); and Construction (Skanska).
DS Reaffirms Its Position as the Leading Supplier of PLM Solutions to the Aerospace Industry. On June 15, 2009, DS made a series of customer announcements at Le Bourget International Air Show that reinforces the company’s position as the leading PLM provider for the Aerospace and Defense industry. Already recognized for working with the world’s Top 20 Aerospace Companies and the world’s major OEMs, Dassault Systèmes’ technology has become the standard for all new major aircraft programs. DS SolidWorks Surpasses One Million Licenses. On April 30, 2009 DS SolidWorks announced that a cutting-edge athletic equipment company purchased the one millionth license of its 3D CAD software. In the 14 years between this landmark and DS SolidWorks’ first sale to a robotic arm designer, thousands of innovative products have been developed with SolidWorks software. Business Outlook Thibault de Tersant, Senior Executive Vice President and CFO, commented, “Our results for the second quarter confirm our realistic assessment of market conditions which we made at the time of our first quarter press release. “With respect to operating profitability, our focus on cost containment is proceeding as planned, with over €55 million in cost savings realized during the first half of this year. We also continued with our broader goals of improving our operational efficiency across DS with shared services and co-location initiatives, all of which will bring additional benefits to DS as we move into 2010. Our progress quarter to quarter is evident in the sequential improvement in our non-IFRS operating margin. And, for the full year, we continue to target an operating margin of about 25% on a non-IFRS basis, unchanged from our previous goal. “Looking ahead to the third quarter, we are assuming no change to business conditions and historical seasonal revenue patterns, leading to the assumption of a sequential decrease in revenue results in comparison to the second quarter. But with our ongoing cost actions, and based upon our revenue objective, we are targeting a stable to improving sequential performance from an earnings and operating margin perspectives for the third quarter.
Page 43 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary “As we move into the second half of the year, we are narrowing our full year revenue objective range but otherwise holding the mid-point unchanged on a constant currency basis. Similarly we are narrowing our EPS objective range. Given the strengthening of the Euro we think it is appropriate to update our US dollar and Japanese yen exchange rates assumptions in comparison to the Euro, and therefore are adjusting our reported revenue range and earnings per share, accordingly.” The Company’s objectives are prepared and communicated only on a non-IFRS basis and are subject to the cautionary statement set forth below. The Company’s current objectives are the following: Third quarter 2009 non-IFRS total revenue objective of about €285 to €300 million and non-IFRS EPS of about €0.36 to €0.42; 2009 non-IFRS revenue growth objective range of about (8%) to (6%) in constant currencies (€1,250 to €1,280 billion based upon the 2009 currency exchange rate assumptions below); 2009 non-IFRS operating margin of about 24% to 26%; 2009 non-IFRS EPS range of about €1.76 to €1.91; Objectives are based upon exchange rate assumptions for the 2009 third quarter of US$1.50 per €1.00 and JPY140 per €1.00 and a full year average of US$1.42 per €1.00 and JPY134 per €1.00. The non-IFRS objectives set forth above do not take into account the following accounting elements and are estimated based upon the 2009 currency exchange rates above: (i) deferred revenue write-downs estimated at approximately €1.4 million for 2009; (ii) share-based compensation expense estimated at approximately €22 million for 2009, and (iii) amortization of acquired intangibles estimated at approximately €40 million for 2009. The above objectives do not include any impact from other operating income and expense, net principally comprised of restructuring expenses. These estimates also do not include any new stock option or share grants, or any new acquisitions or restructurings completed after July 30, 2009. Webcast and Conference Call Information Dassault Systèmes will host an analyst meeting in Paris which will be webcasted and a conference call today, Thursday, July 30, 2009. The webcast and conference call will be available via the Internet by accessing http://www.3ds.com/company/finance/. The webcast and conference call will be archived for 30 days. Additional investor information can be accessed at http://www.3ds.com/company/finance/ or by calling Dassault Systèmes’ Investor Relations at 33.1.61.62.69.24. Click here to return to Contents
Geometric Declares Revenues of Rs 1,293 Mn, PAT up 140.7% Q‐o‐Q 24 July 2009 Geometric Ltd. announced its Q1 results for FY 2009‐10. Highlights for Quarter Ended June 30, 2009 EPS up from Rs. (‐3.30) to Rs. 1.34 from last quarter, an increase of 140.7% Addition of eight new customers
Page 44 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Improved EBITDA from Rs (‐108.53) Mn last quarter to Rs 186.6 Mn this quarter, an increase of 271.9% Improved financial leverage from 0.51 to 0.29, over previous quarter, on account of debt repayment In the last few quarters, Geometric focused its efforts on driving efficiencies through building on existing customer relationships, leverage of existing competencies; conservation of resources; and building on adjacencies to create opportunities for future growth. With a view to achieve these efficiencies, the company initiated a major internal transformation and restructuring exercise, to drive customer centricity, rationalize infrastructure and costs, consolidate subsidiaries, monetize fixed assets, and restructure capital. Geometric’s operating revenue in the quarter Q1 FY10 was Rs 1,293.23 Mn (USD 26.61 Mn) as compared to Rs 1,419.65 Mn (USD 28.13 Mn) in Q4 FY09. This decrease in top‐line was a result of anticipated ramp‐downs in some business engagements and exiting of non profitable projects. The Profit after Tax (prior to extraordinary items) increased exponentially to Rs 85.23 Mn, a rise of 140.6% from a loss Rs (209.94) Mn last quarter. The Profit after tax after adjustments of extraordinary items was Rs 83.48 Mn as against loss of Rs (205.21) Mn for the previous quarter, a rise of 140.7%. Announcing the results, Mr. Ravishankar G., Managing Director & CEO said, “Inspite of the volatility in the market and a challenging business environment, Geometric’s performance has been in line with its plans, and we are seeing a positive trend in the pipeline. We continue to focus our efforts on delivering value to our customers through leverage of our global delivery infrastructure, strong technology partnerships and operational excellence. We are driving a higher degree of rigor in managing operational efficiencies and costs.” Geometric has increased its thrust on offshoring resulting in increased offshore revenues. Offshore revenues increased from 59.8% in Q4 FY09 to 64% this quarter. Business Highlights The Company added eight new customers during Q1, taking the total number of active customers to 101. Some of the significant contracts are: A QA and support engagement for a Software OEM major, for an end customer funded program Embedded product development support for a global Auto OEM major Program planning engagement for a European industrial major, indicating continuing success in diversification of verticals for our SPE business. A product engineering contract from a global agricultural and construction equipment major for its European operations First major order of DFMProTM, our Design for manufacturing product, to a European consumer goods major Geometric’s first Agile PLM implementation engagement in India for an industrial major Other important business highlights for the quarter include: Alliance with Gerber Technology to tap the fashion and apparel industry Addition of Mr. Ajay Mehra, Partner, BMR Consultants to the Geometric Board
Page 45 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Appointment of Ms. Priya Jadhav as a Vice President to head the finance function of the company Click here to return to Contents
Lectra First Half 2009 30 July Revenues: €74.8 million (30%)* •Loss from operations: €5.5 million •Net loss: €4.4 million •Free cash flow: +€8.3 million * like-for-like Today, Lectra’s Board of Directors, chaired by André Harari, reviewed the consolidated financial statements for the first half of 2009, after a limited review by the Statutory Auditors. Orders Remain Weak Business conditions remained persistently weak in the second quarter and visibility was again limited. The poor state of many customer firms has shown no sign of improvement since Q4 2008. Against this background, Lectra’s sales activity was again sluggish, with orders for new software licenses and CAD/CAM equipment amounting to €10.6 million, practically unchanged from Q1 2009. Orders were down 54% overall compared to Q2 2008. Orders for spare parts and consumables have continued to fall sharply due to significantly lower production levels and plant closures, a trend seen for the first time in Q4 2008 and again in Q1 2009. Q2 2009 revenues (€37.2 million) are roughly the same as in Q1 2009. At actual exchange rates, they were down 27% relative to Q2 2008, and 29% like-for-like. Revenues from new systems sales (€12.8 million) were down 50%. Recurring revenues (€24.4 million) decreased by 10%. Key Operating Ratios Improve As the company forecast on April 29, 2009, Q2 income from operations was negative at –€2.3 million (versus –€3.2 million for Q1 2009). The loss on operations has continued to be limited by the impact of measures to cut fixed overhead expenses, initiated in 2008 and reinforced in Q2 2009, and the improvement of the gross margin by 4.4 points. The company registered a net loss of €1.2 million (versus –€3.2 million in Q1 2009). The company had partially hedged its estimated exposure to the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen, which resulted in a net foreign exchange gain. Free cash flow was negative at –€3.3 million. Excluding the impact of (French) research tax credits (credit d’impôt recherche) recognized for the period but not received (€1.6 million), free cash flow was negative at –€1.7 million. First Half 2009
Page 46 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Revenues from New Systems Sales Decrease Sharply – Recurring Revenues Decline Sales activity was particularly weak in the first half of 2009, within seriously hostile and uncertain macroeconomic conditions. Overall, orders for new software licenses and CAD/CAM equipment (€20.9 million) were down 52% relative to the first half of 2008. Revenues totaled €74.8 million, down 27%, like-for-like, compared to the first half of 2008. They were down 30% at actual exchange rates. Revenues from new systems sales (€26.7 million) fell 50%. Recurring revenues (€48.1 million) decreased by 9%, as a result of stable revenues from recurring contracts (€32.9 million) and a decrease of 24% in revenues from spare parts and consumables (€14.4 million). Given the unprecedented scale of the decrease in revenues from new systems sales, recurring revenues, despite their unusual decline, continued to play their role as a key stabilizing factor in Lectra’s business model, acting as a cushion in periods of economic slowdown. The order backlog for new software licenses and CAD/CAM equipment at June 30 (€8.1 million) is down by €1 million relative to December 31, 2008. Gross Margin Improves – Overhead Costs Decline The overall gross margin (71%) was up 4.7 percentage points relative to the first half of 2008, like-for- like. Total overhead costs (€58.5 million) were down €7.4 million (–12%). Despite the economic crisis, the company has continued to invest heavily in research and development. R&D costs are fully expensed in the period and included in the above-mentioned fixed overheads. Before deducting the (French) research tax credit and R&D program grants received, these costs amounted to €8.3 million (versus €9.6 million in the first half of 2008). Income from operations was negative at –€5.5 million, down €9.2 million, like-for-like. After an income tax gain of €2.4 million, net loss was €4.4 million, down €5.9 million, at actual exchange rates. Free Cash Flow Highly Positive Free cash flow was positive at €8.3 million. Free cash flow benefited from the advance repayment in Q1 2009 of €14.1 million corresponding to the research tax credits for the years 2005 through 2008, as part of measures announced by the French government on December 4, 2008, under its economic stimulus plan. Excluding the impact of the research tax credits, free cash flow was negative at –€3 million, while net loss was €4.4 million, which represents a satisfactory performance in the circumstances. This results notably from a €0.9 million reduction in working capital requirement. Business Trends and Outlook On February 12, 2009, at the moment of the publication of its financial results for Q4 2008, the company explained that 2009 would be a difficult year for Lectra, as for all companies worldwide, and that it had opted not to formulate any estimates regarding its outlook for 2009, given the total lack of visibility. Macroeconomic conditions have remained unchanged and the current climate continues to call for the
Page 47 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary utmost vigilance. Economic conditions are likely to remain persistently gloomy, with continuing weak orders over the second half of the year. On April 29, at the moment of the publication of its financial results for Q1 2009, the company stated that, for 2009, if orders for new systems over the next three quarters remain at their Q1 level, corrected solely for seasonal variations in Lectra’s activities, they could decline by around 30% relative to 2008. Q2 sales activity shows that the crisis is diminishing this seasonal character. If these conditions persist, the decline over the year could reach 35% to 40% relative to 2008 (representing a 55% to 60% decline relative to 2007). In addition, the worse-than-expected weakness in signatures of new recurring contracts to offset cancelations, combined with a persistent decline in sales of spare parts and consumables in the second half, could cause a further fall in recurring revenues for the year from 8% to 10%, compared to an estimated 6% to 8% at April 29. At the same time, additional cost-cutting measures implemented as of April 2009 will have a still greater impact in the second half, further lowering the breakeven point. On the basis of these assumptions, the company expects to see a smaller loss from operations in Q3 compared to that reported in Q2 2009. In the fourth quarter, the company should be close to breakeven, or may generate a small income from operations. In early February, the company hedged approximately 70% of its estimated exposure to the dollar for 2009 through monthly forward dollar sales at an average parity of $1.30/€1. Finally, with the benefit of the early receipt of research tax credits in Q1 2009, free cash flow before non-recurring items should remain positive in 2009 under all scenarios for income. Q3 2009 results will be published on October 28, 2009, after the close of Euronext Paris. The Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the first half 2009 are available on http://www.lectra.com. Click here to return to Contents
PTC Announces Q3 Results 29 July 2009 PTC reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended July 4, 2009. Highlights • Q3 Results: Revenue of $226.2 million and non-GAAP EPS of $0.20 o Non-GAAP operating margin of 13.0%; GAAP operating margin of 0.9% o GAAP EPS of $0.03, including $6.6 million restructuring charge to reduce operating expenses o Relative to Q3 guidance, currency was favorable to revenue by approximately $3 million and unfavorable to expenses by approximately $2 million • Q4 Guidance: Revenue of $235 to $245 million and non-GAAP EPS of $0.25 to $0.30 o GAAP EPS of $0.09 to $0.13
Page 48 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary o Assumes $1.40 EURO / USD, up from $1.30 EURO / USD in prior guidance • FY 2009 Targets: Revenue of approximately $931 million and non-GAAP EPS of approximately $0.77 o Non-GAAP operating margin of approximately 13%; GAAP operating margin of approximately 1% o GAAP EPS of approximately $0.24 o Approximately 15% non-GAAP and 2% GAAP operating margin for H2’09 The Q3 non-GAAP results exclude a $6.6 million restructuring charge, $11.5 million of stock-based compensation expense, $9.4 million of acquisition-related intangible asset amortization and in-process research and development expenses and $8.3 million of income tax adjustments. The Q3 results include a non-GAAP tax rate of 21% and a GAAP tax benefit rate of 153%. Q3 Results Commentary & Outlook C. Richard Harrison, chairman and chief executive officer, commented, “On a constant currency and non-GAAP basis, our total Q3 revenue was down 11% compared to last year, which in this challenging economy highlights the stability provided by our maintenance and services businesses. Importantly, on a sequential basis we are seeing a number of positive data points: 1) total revenue is stabilizing, 2) we delivered license revenue growth in all of our major geographies except Japan, 3) active maintenance paying seats are up, driven by Windchill seat growth, and 4) we won three additional strategically important “domino” accounts during Q3.” “Our pipeline for new business opportunities remains strong and lead times to close enterprise deals seem to be shortening,” continued Harrison. “We received major orders from leading organizations such as BAE Systems, Caterpillar, EDF Group, Knorr Bremse, Komatsu America Corporation, NASA, Otis Elevator, Raytheon, RWTH Aachen University, and the US Army.” James Heppelmann, president and chief operating officer added, “We believe that our technology leadership position in the industry is becoming increasingly clear. In addition to competitive displacement wins in the market, PTC continues to be on the forefront of innovation with our social product development initiative and partnership with Microsoft, our growing product analytics platform, and our Arbortext product information delivery solutions. We are very optimistic about the long-term opportunity for PTC and will continue to make strategic investments that we believe are critical to delivering value to our customers and gaining market share, while remaining mindful of our goal of 20% non-GAAP EPS growth for 2010 and beyond.” Neil Moses, chief financial officer, commented, “Our Q3 operating margins and EPS were stronger than expected primarily due to stronger than expected license revenue, favorable currency impact as well as a lower than anticipated tax rate. Our balance sheet remains strong with $231 million of cash, down from $268 million in Q2 primarily due to our acquisition of Relex, which we acquired in June to further expand our product analytics platform. We also have an additional $175 million available on our revolving credit facility.” “Looking forward to Q4, we are initiating guidance of $235 to $245 million in revenue with non-GAAP EPS of $0.25 to $0.30,” continued Moses. “Consequently, we are now targeting FY’09 revenue of approximately $931 million, 13% non-GAAP operating margins, and non-GAAP EPS of approximately $0.77.” The Q4 guidance assumes a non-GAAP tax rate of 20%, a GAAP tax benefit rate in excess of 40% and
Page 49 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 119 million diluted shares outstanding. The Q4 non-GAAP guidance excludes approximately $14 million of stock-based compensation expense, $9 million of acquisition-related intangible asset amortization expense, $10 million of restructuring related expense and the related income tax effects. The FY’09 target assumes a non-GAAP tax rate of 21%, a GAAP tax benefit rate in excess of 130% and 117 million diluted shares outstanding. The FY’09 non-GAAP guidance excludes approximately $43 million of stock-based compensation expense, $36 million of acquisition-related intangible asset amortization and in-process research and development expense, $26 million of restructuring related expense and the related income tax effects. Q3 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast Supplemental financial and operating metric information and prepared remarks for the conference call will be posted to the investor relations section of our website simultaneously with this press release. The prepared remarks will not be read live; the call will be primarily Q&A. When: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Dial-in: 1-888-566-8560 or 1-517-623-4768 Call Leader: Richard Harrison with Passcode: PTC
Webcast: http://www.ptc.com/for/investors.htm
The audio replay of this event will be archived for public replay until 4:00 p.m. on August 3, Replay: 2009 at 1-800-925-5415 or 1-402-530-8074. To access the replay via webcast, please visit http://www.ptc.com/for/investors.htm. Important Information About Non-GAAP References PTC provides non-GAAP supplemental information to its financial results. Non-GAAP revenue excludes the effect of purchase accounting on the fair value of the acquired deferred revenue of CoCreate Software GmbH. Non-GAAP operating expenses, margin and EPS exclude stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquired in-process research and development expense, restructuring charges, non-cash effects of liquidating subsidiaries, and the related tax effects of the preceding items and any one-time tax items, such as valuation allowance reversals. PTC provides this non-GAAP information to facilitate period-to-period comparisons of its operational performance by adjusting for certain non-cash and certain episodic expenses. We believe that providing non-GAAP measures affords investors a view of our operating results that may be more easily compared to peer companies. PTC management also uses this and other non-GAAP financial information to evaluate, manage and plan our business because the information provides additional insight into ongoing financial performance. In addition, compensation of our executives is based in part on the performance of our business based on these non-GAAP measures. However, non-GAAP information should not be construed as an alternative to GAAP information as the items excluded from the non-GAAP measures often have a material impact on PTC’s financial results. Management uses, and investors should use, non-GAAP measures in conjunction with our GAAP results. Click here to return to Contents
Page 50 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary SAP Announces Second Quarter and First Half 2009 Results 29 July 2009 Company Reports Another Quarter of Strong Margin Growth Company Raises its Non-GAAP Operating Margin Outlook for the Full-Year 2009 SAP AG announced its preliminary financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2009.
View the Detailed Results (PDF)
Presentation (PDF)
Listen to the Webcast
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS – Second Quarter 2009
SAP - Second Quarter 20091)
U.S. GAAP Non-GAAP2)
€ million, unless stated Q2/2009 Q2/2008 % Q2/2009 Q2/2008 % % change constant otherwise change change currency3)
Software revenues 543 898 -40 543 898 -40 -40
Software and software-related 1,953 2,061 -5 1,953 2,113 -8 -10 service revenues
Total revenues 2,576 2,858 -10 2,576 2,910 -11 -14
–thereofrestructuring charges 5 - - 5 - - -
Operating income 647 593 9 714 711 0 -2
Operating margin (%) 25.1 20.7 4.4pp 27.7 24.4 3.3pp 3.5pp
Income from 431 411 5 482 497 -3 – continuing operations
Net income 423 408 4 473 494 -4 –
Basic EPS from 0.36 0.34 6 0.41 0.42 -2 – cont. operations (€)
1) All figures are preliminary and unaudited. 2) Revenue line items are adjusted for the Business Objects support revenue that Business Objects would have recognized had it remained a standalone entity but that SAP is not permitted to recognize as revenue under U.S. GAAP as a result of business combination accounting rules. Adjustments in the operating expense line items are for acquisition-related charges. See Explanation of Non-GAAP measures at the end of the financial section of the press release for explanations of the Non- GAAP measures used in this press release and for related reconciliations to U.S. GAAP.
3) Constant currency Non-GAAP revenue and operating income figures are calculated by translating Non-GAAP revenue and Non-GAAP operating income of the current period using the average exchange rates from the previous year's respective period instead of the current period. Constant currency period-over-period changes are calculated by comparing the current year's Non-GAAP constant currency numbers with the Non-GAAP number of the previous year's respective period. See Explanation of Non-GAAP measures at the end of the financial section of the press release for details.
Page 51 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary
Revenues - Second Quarter 2009 • U.S. GAAP software and software-related service revenues were €1.95 billion (2008: €2.06 billion), a decrease of 5%. Non-GAAP software and software-related service revenues were €1.95 billion (2008: €2.11 billion), a decrease of 8% (10% at constant currencies). • U.S. GAAP total revenues were €2.58 billion (2008: €2.86 billion), a decrease of 10%. Non- GAAP total revenues were €2.58 billion (2008: €2.91 billion), a decrease of 11% (14% at constant currencies). • U.S. GAAP software revenues were €543 million (2008: €898 million), a decrease of 40% (40% at constant currencies). The decrease is the result of the difficult operating environment worldwide due to the continued global economic downturn, and the tough comparison to the second quarter of 2008, which was prior to the economic crisis that disrupted the global markets in the third quarter of 2008. Income - Second Quarter 2009 • U.S. GAAP operating income was €647 million (2008: €593 million), an increase of 9%. Non- GAAP operating income was €714 million (2008: €711 million), flat year-over-year (a decrease of 2% at constant currencies). U.S. GAAP and Non-GAAP operating income were negatively impacted by restructuring charges of €5 million resulting from the previously announced reduction of positions, which are expected to be €200 million for 2009. • U.S. GAAP operating margin was 25.1% (2008: 20.7%), an increase of 4.4 percentage points. Non-GAAP operating margin was 27.7% (2008: 24.4%), or 27.9% at constant currencies, an increase of 3.3 percentage points (3.5 percentage points at constant currencies). The €5 million in restructuring charges resulting from the previously announced reduction of positions negatively impacted the U.S. GAAP and Non-GAAP operating margin by 0.2 percentage points. • U.S. GAAP income from continuing operations was €431 million (2008: €411 million), an increase of 5%. Non-GAAP income from continuing operations was €482 million (2008: €497 million), a decrease of 3%. U.S. GAAP and Non-GAAP income from continuing operations were negatively impacted by restructuring charges of €3 million resulting from the previously announced reduction of positions. • U.S. GAAP basic earnings per share from continuing operations were €0.36 (2008: €0.34), an increase of 6%. Non-GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations were €0.41 (2008: €0.42), a decrease of 2%. There was no material impact to U.S. GAAP and Non-GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations resulting from the restructuring charges associated with the previously announced reduction of positions. Second quarter 2009 Non-GAAP operating income excludes acquisition-related charges totaling €67 million (2008: €66 million), and second quarter 2009 Non-GAAP income from continuing operations and Non-GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations exclude acquisition-related charges totaling €51 million (2008: €86 million). “Despite the challenging economic conditions, the strength of our business model combined with a strong cost discipline has proven itself once again by enabling us to report another quarter of strong
Page 52 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary operating margin growth,” said Werner Brandt, CFO of SAP. “For the remainder of the year, we expect to maintain tight cost controls in all areas of the Company.” “While the operating environment remains difficult, we are beginning to have improved visibility into the second half of the year.” said Léo Apotheker, CEO of SAP. Mr. Apotheker continued, “Our robust business model provides us the ability to continue to innovate, which we believe is the foundation for future growth. I am excited about the new products that we are delivering to our customers, solutions that provide them more transparency and clarity into their businesses, which are especially crucial in times like these.” HIGHLIGHTS – Six Months 2009
SAP - First Half 20091)
U.S. GAAP Non-GAAP2)
€ million, unless stated H1/2009 H1/2008 % H1/2009 H1/2008 % % change constant otherwise change change currency3)
Software revenues 962 1,520 -37 962 1,520 -37 -38
Software and software-related 3,695 3,797 -3 3,706 3,896 -5 -7 service revenues
Total revenues 4,974 5,318 -6 4,985 5,417 -8 -10
– thereof restructuring charges 165 - - 165 - - -
Operating income 979 952 3 1,124 1,200 -6 -8
Operating margin (%) 19.7 17.9 1.8pp 22.6 22.2 0.4pp 0.5pp
Income from continuing 640 658 -3 749 842 -11 – operations
Net income 627 650 -4 736 834 -12 –
Basic EPS from cont. operations 0.54 0.55 -2 0.63 0.71 -11 – (€)
1) All figures are preliminary and unaudited. 2) Revenue line items are adjusted for the Business Objects support revenue that Business Objects would have recognized had it remained a standalone entity but that SAP is not permitted to recognize as revenue under U.S. GAAP as a result of business combination accounting rules. Adjustments in the operating expense line items are for acquisition-related charges. See Explanation of Non-GAAP measures at the end of the financial section of the press release for explanations of the Non- GAAP measures used in this press release and for related reconciliations to U.S. GAAP.
3) Constant currency Non-GAAP revenue and operating income figures are calculated by translating Non-GAAP revenue and Non-GAAP operating income of the current period using the average exchange rates from the previous year's respective period instead of the current period. Constant currency period-over-period changes are calculated by comparing the current year's Non-GAAP constant currency numbers with the Non-GAAP number of the previous year's respective period. See Explanation of Non-GAAP measures at the end of the financial section of the press release for details.
Revenues – First Half 2009
Page 53 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • U.S. GAAP software and software-related service revenues were €3.70 billion (2008: €3.80 billion), a decrease of 3%. Non-GAAP software and software-related service revenues were €3.71 billion (2008: €3.90 billion), a decrease of 5% (7% at constant currencies). • U.S. GAAP total revenues were €4.97 billion (2008: €5.32 billion), a decrease of 6%. Non- GAAP total revenues were €4.99 billion (2008: €5.42 billion), a decrease of 8% (10% at constant currencies). • U.S. GAAP software revenues were €962 million (2008: €1.52 billion), a decrease of 37% (38% at constant currencies). First half 2009 Non-GAAP revenue figures exclude a non-recurring deferred support revenue write- down from the acquisition of Business Objects of €11 million (2008:99 million). Income – First Half 2009 • U.S. GAAP operating income was €979 million (2008: €952 million), an increase of 3%. Non- GAAP operating income was €1.12 billion (2008: €1.20 billion), a decrease of 6% (8% at constant currencies). U.S. GAAP and Non-GAAP operating income were negatively impacted by restructuring charges of €165 million resulting from the previously announced reduction of positions, which are expected to be €200 million for 2009. • U.S. GAAP operating margin was 19.7% (2008: 17.9%), an increase of 1.8 percentage points. Non-GAAP operating margin was 22.6% (2008: 22.2%), or 22.7% at constant currencies, an increase of 0.4 percentage points (0.5 percentage points at constant currencies). The €165 million in restructuring charges resulting from the previously announced reduction of positions negatively impacted the U.S. GAAP and Non-GAAP operating margin by 3.3 percentage points. • U.S. GAAP income from continuing operations was €640 million (2008: €658 million), a decrease of 3%. Non-GAAP income from continuing operations was €749 million (2008: €842 million), a decrease of 11%. U.S. GAAP and Non-GAAP income from continuing operations were negatively impacted by restructuring charges of €117 million resulting from the previously announced reduction of positions. • U.S. GAAP basic earnings per share from continuing operations were €0.54 (2008: €0.55), a decrease of 2%. Non-GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations were €0.63 (2008: €0.71), a decrease of 11%. The restructuring charges resulting from the previously announced reduction of positions negatively impacted the U.S. GAAP and Non-GAAP basic earnings per share from continuing operations by €0.10. First half 2009 Non-GAAP operating income excludes a non-recurring deferred support revenue write- down from the acquisition of Business Objects and acquisition-related charges totaling €144 million (2008: €248 million), and First half 2009 Non-GAAP income from continuing operations and Non- GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations exclude a non-recurring deferred support revenue write-down from the acquisition of Business Objects and acquisition-related charges totaling €109 million (2008: €184 million). Cash Flow - First Half 2009 Operating cash flow from continuing operations was €1.83 billion (2008: €1.37 billion), an increase of 34%. Free cash flow was €1.73 billion (2008: €1.20 billion), an increase of 44%. Free cash flow was 35% of total revenues (2008: 23%). At June 30, 2009, SAP had a total group liquidity of €3.44 billion (December 31, 2008: €1.66 billion), which includes cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and short
Page 54 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary term investments. Cost Containment Measures for 2009 Previously, SAP announced that in order to enable the Company to adapt its size to today’s market conditions and the broader impact of the global recession, it implemented a global reduction of positions to 48,500 by year-end 2009, taking full advantage of attrition as a factor in reaching this goal, and that it expected the reduction of positions to trigger one-time restructuring charges of between €200 million to €300 million for 2009. The Company now expects the total restructuring charges for 2009 to be €200 million. The restructuring charge of €165 million recorded in operating income in the first half of 2009 covers the reduction of 2,800 positions. Business Outlook SAP is providing the following outlook for the full-year 2009, which has changed from the outlook described in its April 29, 2009 first quarter press release. The Company expects its full-year 2009 Non-GAAP operating margin, which excludes a non-recurring deferred support revenue write-down from the acquisition of Business Objects and acquisition-related charges, to be in the range of 25.5% – 27.0% at constant currencies. This includes one-time restructuring charges of €200 million expected to result from the reduction of positions, which negatively impacts the Non-GAAP operating margin outlook by approximately 2 percentage points. The updated 2009 Non- GAAP operating margin outlook is based on the assumption that 2009 Non-GAAP software and software-related service revenues, which exclude a non-recurring deferred support revenue write-down from the acquisition of Business Objects, will be in a range of a decline of 4% – 6% at constant currencies (2008: €8.623 billion). SAP continues to project an effective tax rate of 29.5% - 30.5% (based on U.S. GAAP income from continuing operations) for 2009 (2008: 30.0%). KEY EVENTS – Second Quarter 2009 • In the second quarter of 2009, SAP closed major contracts in several key regions including Federal Interior Ministry of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Group Danone, Shoosmiths, and Statoil ASA in EMEA; Baker Hughes, Boston University, and Confederação SICREDI in Americas; and China Export & Credit Insurance Company, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Ministry of Finance, Singapore, and Tata Teleservices Ltd in Asia Pacific Japan. • On June 16, SAP announced the first details of SAP’s on-demand strategy for large enterprises. Dedicated to its installed customer base, on-demand software for large enterprises from SAP is planned to consist of function-specific software applications, available by subscription, which plug directly into a customer’s on-site SAP Business Suite software. • On June 12, SAP acquired Clear Standards, Inc., a privately held innovator of enterprise carbon management solutions. Clear Standards provides SAP a mature sustainability solution and expertise in carbon management delivered through an agile, Web-based, on-demand delivery model. • On May 13, SAP introduced additional customers for SAP Business ByDesign, SAP’s fully integrated, on-demand business solution that enables midsize companies from various industries to improve transparency and business operations, and support international growth, while helping to reduce IT costs. Charter clients in North America include ADC Rig Services Inc.;
Page 55 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Intelepeer; OneVision Solutions; Praxis Energy Agents, LLC; Skullcandy; Suh'dutsing Technologies, LLC; and TAM Ceramics. • On May 12, SAP announced SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, which it believes is groundbreaking new software that brings together search and navigation capabilities from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio with SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Accelerator software, enabling customers to navigate mountains of business data at the speed of thought and giving them a clear view across their organizations. • On May 12, SAP published its 2008 Sustainability Report, detailing its activities in support of its ongoing strategic commitment to deliver superior sustainability solutions to customers and improve its own sustainability performance. SAP announced that it reduced its total corporate carbon footprint by 6.7% in 2008 compared to 2007. • On May 6, SAP announced the acquisition of privately held Highdeal, the leading provider of real-time billing solutions for telecommunications. Highdeal delivers sophisticated pricing and charging solutions designed to support today’s new service economy. The combination of SAP and Highdeal is intended to provide customers a packaged consume-to-cash business process platform to support high-volume billing and enable a reduction in cost of ownership. • On May 5, SAP announced the general availability to customers worldwide of SAP Business Suite 7, the next-generation software suite enabled by service-oriented architecture (SOA). Following a successful ramp-up period, large enterprises across all industries can now achieve process excellence through the modular deployment of industry-specific end-to-end processes that cut across application boundaries; ease upgrades and reduce IT costs with SAP enhancement packages; and capture growth opportunities through insight gained from analytics tools embedded within SAP Business Suite 7. • On April 29, SAP and the SAP User Group Executive Network (SUGEN) announced an agreement on a defined list of key performance indicators that will be used to measure the success of SAP Enterprise Support services. Also announced was the rollout of a joint benchmarking program that will use key performance indicators to define and measure how SAP customers derive value from SAP Enterprise Support. A joint SAP–SUGEN task force formed in November 2008 has established the SUGEN Key Performance Indicator Index (SUGEN KPI Index), which will measure and verify the ongoing value of SAP Enterprise Support. This effort will help customers by providing a transparent mechanism to link their support investment to the value delivered. SAP has agreed to postpone the subsequent price increase schedule until the targeted improvements measured by the SUGEN KPI Index are met. • On April 3, SAP announced the successful placement of a "Schuldschein" (private placement transaction) in the amount of approximately €660 million on the Euro denominated capital markets. Lead managers were Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg LBBW (Technical Lead), Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Bank AG, and DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral- Genossenschaftsbank. IFRS Financial Data SAP will discontinue its U.S. GAAP reporting and will only report financial data under IFRS from fiscal 2010 onwards. To prepare the capital markets for this change, IFRS financial data are provided in the financial section of this press release.
Page 56 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures This press release contains certain financial measures such as Non-GAAP revenues, Non-GAAP operating income, Non-GAAP operating margin, free cash flow, constant currency revenue and operating income measures, as well as U.S. Dollar based Non-GAAP revenue numbers. These measures are not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and therefore are considered non-GAAP financial measures. SAP’s non-GAAP financial measures may not correspond to non-GAAP financial measures that other companies report. The non-GAAP financial measures that SAP reports should be considered as additional to, and not as a substitute for or superior to revenue, operating margin or SAP’s other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. See the financial section of this press release for additional information regarding the Non-GAAP measures included in this press release and for the reconciliations to the corresponding U.S. GAAP measures. Webcast / Supplementary Financial Information SAP senior management will host a conference call today at 3:00 PM (CET) / 2:00 PM (GMT) / 9:00 AM (Eastern) / 6:00 AM (Pacific). The conference call will be web cast live on the Company’s website at http://www.sap.com/investor and will be available for replay. Supplementary financial information pertaining to the quarterly results can be found at http://www.sap.com/investor. Click here to return to Contents Implementation Investments
Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ Selected by NEC Electronics 28 July 2009 Berkeley Design Automation Inc., provider of Precision Circuit Analysis™ technology for advanced analog, mixed-signal, and RF integrated circuits (ICs), announced that NEC Electronics Corporation, a global semiconductor leader, has selected the company's Analog FastSPICE™ circuit simulator for complex-block characterization and full-circuit performance simulation of its leading-edge analog, RF, and mixed-signal integrated circuits and IP cores. NEC Electronics required fast time to market for the design and characterization of complex analog, RF, and mixed-signal circuits for semiconductor products in the high-end computing, broadband networking, mobile handset, PC peripherals, automotive and consumer markets. Analog FastSPICE consistently delivered 5x-10x faster characterization with identical waveforms to traditional SPICE for NEC Electronics analog and mixed-signal cores including PLLs, SERDES, DDR I/O, ADCs, consumer, and wireless transceivers. This combination of speed and accuracy was unmatched by any other circuit simulator and NEC Electronics are excited to deploy this tool to their design teams. Berkeley Design Automation tools include Analog FastSPICE™ circuit simulation, Noise Analysis Option™ device noise analyzer, RF FastSPICE™ periodic analyzer, and PLL Noise Analyzer™. The company guarantees identical waveforms to the leading "golden" SPICE simulators down to noise floor (typically 0.1% or less) while delivering 5x-10x higher performance and 5x-10x higher capacity. It achieves this by using advanced algorithms and numerical analysis techniques to rapidly solve the full- circuit matrix and the original device equations without any shortcuts that could compromise accuracy. Design teams from top-10 semiconductor companies to leading startups use Berkeley Design Automation tools to solve big analog/RF verification problems. Typical applications include complex- block characterization (e.g., PLLs, ADCs, DC:DC converters, PHYs, Tx/Rx chains) and full-circuit
Page 57 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary performance simulation (e.g., wireless transceivers, wireline transceivers, high-speed I/O macros, memories, microcontrollers, data converters, and power converters). "We are excited that NEC Electronics, a world leader in semiconductors, has selected Analog FastSPICE," said Ravi Subramanian, president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation. "NEC Electronics' success with Analog FastSPICE across a wide variety of circuit types is another example of how our technology is now becoming essential for nanometer analog and RF design. Analog FastSPICE is being successfully used in production by virtually all the leading consumer electronics semiconductor companies throughout the world- a clear testament to the compelling value Berkeley Design Automation delivers in the market today." Click here to return to Contents
Catalog Data Solutions Customer Exceeds 48,000 CAD Downloads 28 July 2009 Catalog Data Solutions (CDS), a leading supplier of SaaS solutions and consulting services for industrial suppliers, announced that Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument (SDP/SI) achieved more than 48,000 CAD downloads in the first 6 months of 2009. This number excludes the additional 3D model views by users selecting parts prior to download. SDP/SI is a Long Island, New York, based operating division of Designatronics Incorporated, a company that began in 1960 as a manufacturer of small mechanical products. SDP/SI designs, manufactures and distributes a diverse line of standard and custom, commercial and precision grade components, as well as a full range of electromechanical devices and assemblies – in all more than 100,000 parts. "CAD downloads boost our online sales, get products ‘locked’ into new designs and complement our online store,” said Herb Arum, SDP/SI Marketing Manager. “We are surprised and pleased to be approaching an annual CAD download rate of 100,000 CAD models despite the recessionary market conditions of the past 6 months. Overall this online marketing strategy has been so successful in increasing product sales that we have reduced our attendance at tradeshows and the self-service nature of online CAD downloads has decreased our telephone query handling costs by at least $200,000 a year” “We are delighted to have SDP/SI as a long term customer and to see their continued business success”, said John Major, CEO Catalog Data Solutions. “Having downloadable 3D models on industrial suppliers’ websites is an essential sales and marketing tool as almost all designers and engineers now use the Internet to locate components for their new designs. Furthermore once industrial suppliers have downloadable CAD models on their website they then need to ensure they are found by CAD search engines like 3DModelSpace.com
Page 58 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary
Click here to return to Contents
China National Chemical Engineering Co., LTD. Expands Use of Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise Solutions 28 July 2009 China National Chemical Engineering Co., LTD. (CNCEC), one of China’s largest engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) concerns, has expanded the use of Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise design and engineering software to five of its operating companies to further increase productivity and cost savings and to accelerate project schedules. An existing Intergraph customer, CNCEC had already experienced the benefits and productivity gains using Intergraph’s next-generation 3D modeling and visualization, information management, instrumentation, and piping and instrumentation diagram software solutions. Now, CNCEC will expand use of these solutions, including SmartPlant 3D, further into five more companies within the CNCEC group: China Tianchen Engineering Co, Ltd.; Sedin Engineering Co. Ltd.; East China Engineering Science and Technology Co., Ltd.; China Hualu Engineering Co., Ltd.; and China Chengda Engineering Co., Ltd. SmartPlant Enterprise is an integrated solutions suite that provides design, construction, materials and engineering data management capabilities needed for the creation, safe operation and maintenance, and capital Plant Lifecycle Management (cPLM) of large-scale process, power, marine and offshore projects. The software’s life cycle data management also enables a smoother handover for EPCs to owner operators and for owner operators to more easily maintain, refurbish or modify their plants. “Intergraph solutions have played a vital role in helping us to boost productivity, reduce costs and shorten project schedules so that we can more quickly and efficiently meet our customers’ demands,” said Mr. Lu Hongxing, President of CNCEC. “As we move forward, SmartPlant Enterprise solutions will be crucial to the successful development and operation of not only our business, but also enable our clients’ projects to come to market more effectively and quickly.” Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power and Marine president, said, “We are pleased to have CNCEC expand their usage of SmartPlant Enterprise software. As a leading EPC in China, we highly value their trust and commitment to our solutions as a factor in their success. This success and the firm’s decision to expand SmartPlant use throughout the group demonstrates Intergraph’s leadership in China, and also how fast the Chinese firms are adopting modern technology.” About CNCEC China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation is a large industry engineering construction group under the direct management of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. Its predecessor is Heavy Industry Design Institute and Construction Company which was set up by Department of Heavy Industry in 1953. In 1984, it finished its business registration in the State Administration for Industry and commerce by the name of China National Chemical Engineering Corporation. In 2005, it was renamed as China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation. On September 2008, with its business assets and debts from engineering contracting business at home and abroad, engineering and process technology development, environment treatment, survey, design and service business, China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation established CNCEC jointly with Shenhua Group Corporation Limited and Sinochem Corporation.
Page 59 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary
Click here to return to Contents
Davao City, Philippines, Selects Bentley’s WaterGEMS to Efficiently Design and Build New Water Systems 29 July 2009 Davao City Water District (DCWD), the largest water district in the Philippines outside of Metro Manila, has selected Bentley’s WaterGEMS as its new water distribution modeling and analysis software. DCWD currently has more than 166,000 service connections and was recognized in the region as the “Most Outstanding Water District of 2002” by the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) and as the “Top Water District Performer of 2006” by the Philippine Association of Water Districts. DCWD is using WaterGEMS’ advanced model building, optimization, and infrastructure management tools to design and conduct feasibility studies for new water systems, as well as to rehabilitate the city’s existing water systems. In addition, WaterGEMS played a central role in DCWD’s development of a water management master plan with the capacity to supply potable and affordable water to Davao City’s growing population for the next 20 years. DCWD’s choice of WaterGEMS for these crucial projects was based on the software’s efficiency, flexibility, and ease of use. Rodora Gamboa, DCWD’s general manager, noted that adopting a technically advanced, user-friendly product to sustain the utility’s water management requirements for future generations is critical to its customers’ quality of life. “With service connections growing over the past 16 years from 70,134 to more than 166,000, we need a distribution modeling and analysis product that can help us develop and maintain a cost-effective water system with adequate capacity to meet our growing needs,” she explained. DCWD’s engineers are particularly impressed with WaterGEMS’ scenario management capability, which enables multiple scenarios or “what-if” simulations to be contained within a single file. They find this feature to be very useful when comparing alternative approaches to rehabilitation projects, as well as when modeling pump control scenarios to support energy-saving initiatives. General Manager Gamboa concluded, “WaterGEMS allows us to analyze, design, and build water supply systems more efficiently, which results in greater savings in time and money. Thanks to WaterGEMS, we can analyze different water sources and variable demand scenarios with ease, and can make sound operational decisions to meet our water project objectives.” For additional information about WaterGEMS, visit http://www.bentley.com/en- US/Products/WaterGEMS. Click here to return to Contents
Engineering Contractor Ampack Ammann Opts for Transparency and Standardisation 31 July 2009 Ampack Ammann GmbH services customers world-wide with high-tech plants to package and fill extremely sensitive foodstuffs such as dairy products, clinic foods and infant nutrition. Each and every installation is unique, posing project managers and controllers alike with new challenges which the previous PDM system couldn´t master anymore. The Königsbrunn-near-Munich based company therefore decided to supplement their ERP system with a PLM solution designated as a central database- backbone for all plant-relevant documentations. Decisive management criterion was the issue that the
Page 60 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary new system should provide all-encompassing support for project management processes. With the since January implemented PLM platform CIM DATABASE, several projects are already under PLM supervision and over 70.000 documents accounted for. Within short notice, CONTACT’s offline solution “Mobile PLMz” for on-site reconciliation with customers will be implemented. At the same time, preparations are under way to link engineering and production to utilize the new PLM platform as a company-wide data-base and know-how platform. Ammann’s complex filling and packaging systems must fulfil highest quality standards in respect to hygienic standards, dosing technologies, run-time and format-changes requirements and many other standards. Projecting such plants demands in-depth knowledge of all participants: beginning with the task of selecting the right components out of a vast spectrum of options for the customer and encompassing the sales, engineering and production processes, down to documentation and after-sales- services. Due to the growing limitations of the hitherto implemented IT infrastructure, the engineering specialist now supports his key processes through CIM DATABASE. The decision for a centralized PLM platform follows a system-encompassing, integral approach. CIM DATABASE provides project engineers with a tool with which they are given necessary information in a fast and easy manner and with encompassing project planning support. Complimentary, controlling is provided with “on demand” daily updates. First applications are document management, full-text researches, process-management and reporting of the relevant project. Further extension levels incorporate the integration of the M- and E-CAD systems as well as the bi-directional data synchronisation with the ERP system, so that both systems will then warrant the transparent and retraceable life-cycle of a plant. “Customized plant specification is linked to a literal flood of documents and data that demand organizing. With our current methods, that was nearly no longer feasible”, explains Jürgen Gonschior, head of Ampack Ammann’s IT. The management itself belongs to the key users of CIM DATABASE, which undoubtedly supported the whole project. Rainer Ammann, heading the family enterprise together with his sister in the second generation, is strongly involved in the sales and project management activities of the business. According to Axel Eckstein, head of CONTACT’s Competence Center South, regards the in-depth process know-how of Ammann’s management as a decisive advantage for the project: „Because the project is a key management issue, decision taking is short. The project is constantly being promoted and the value-added potentials of a modern PDM/PLM technology are consequently being exploited for the company“, is Eckstein’s summary. Click here to return to Contents
Fiat FGA to Standardize Worldwide With Zuken E³.series on Electrical Design Solutions 28 July 2009 Fiat has committed to use Zuken’s solution E³.series, to standardize their design of electrical systems. The intent is that E³.series will be used by the entire Fiat Group Automobiles (FGA) including the Alfa Romeo®, Lancia®, Maserati® and Fiat-Professional®, brands. After a long benchmarking period, Zuken is delighted that Fiat has confirmed a long-term collaboration. Fiat will deploy E³.series’ electrical system design and integration software, and also solutions to support harness engineering, simulation and data management tools. Fiat understands that innovation is placing substantial demands on electrical systems design. In the complex modern automobile design environment, multiples options and variants are driven by rapid
Page 61 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary product innovation and marketing demands. In this context the Zuken solution offers the benefit of significant efficiency gains by implementing global methodologies and solutions. This full E³.series flow provides Fiat with significantly enhanced engineering productivity. With E³.series, Fiat can confidently expect to achieve cost, reliability and time-to-market advantages. The use of E³.series Functional Design will speed up the development of electrical systems, supporting fast drafting in the early development cycle that increases the documentation quality and eliminates wiring integration errors. Using E³.series Wiring Diagram Generator Fiat will automate construction of all wiring interconnects while taking into account the standard format. “The important first step that Fiat has taken in partnership with Zuken will result in a complete automation of the low-value processes (eg. scm-drafting) involved in the full harnessing of a complete- car design” said Mr Puiatti, Manager, Engineering and Design, Fiat Group Automobiles Because Fiat will also adopt Zuken’s E³.PLM, data can flow effortlessly throughout the design process. Fundamental to E³.series is the philosophy that design data management is key. Fiat is now able to tackle complex historical structure and lifecycle management issues, and with the modular structured approach, they are confident that they have the essential tools to overcome future technology challenges. “Once E³.series is deployed throughout Fiat, all the Company databases can be rationalized allowing Fiat to realize the “data-centric process” which is a key-objective for Fiat” said Mr Puiatti. • To find more about E³. series, please visit http://www.zuken.com/e3 Click here to return to Contents
Freescale Achieves Design Cycle Reduction and Superior Silicon Predictability with Cadence Model- Based Physical and Electrical DFM Solutions 28 July 2009 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that Freescale Semiconductor has successfully taped out a 45- nanometer networking design using the Cadence “correct-by-design” prevention, analysis, implementation and signoff solution for faster, more predictable time-to-volume production. The flow incorporates model-based design-for-manufacturing (DFM) prevention, analysis and signoff, including Cadence Litho Physical Analyzer, Cadence CMP Predictor, Cadence Litho Electrical Analyzer, Cadence QRC Extraction, and model-based routing optimization with the Cadence® Encounter® Digital Implementation (EDI) System. This methodology demonstrated significantly faster turnaround time compared to traditional DFM solutions and was used to tape out the design to Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. “For high-volume designs using advanced process nodes, we believe it is a key enabler and differentiator to have silicon-accurate analysis and implementation of yield-critical steps such as lithography and CMP,” said Kyle Patterson, manager of DFM Technologies at Freescale Semiconductor. “By incorporating Cadence advanced DFM techniques, both physical and electrical, into implementation, we are able to accurately predict manufacturing issues and prevent them from occurring, and with a methodology that takes a fraction of the time compared to traditional DFM methods. Fundamentally, this allows us to accelerate our time-to-market and time-to-volume requirements.” Through collaborations with leading semiconductor companies such as Freescale, Cadence has developed one of the industry’s most complete DFM prevention, analysis and signoff methodologies,
Page 62 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary enabling design-side optimizations that reduce manufacturing risk. Cadence solutions leverage multi- core distributed processing to address increasing design cycle and database size increases at 45- and 32- nanometer process nodes and have proven to deliver near-linear scalability. In addition, Cadence Litho Electrical Analyzer is the industry’s first electrical DFM (eDFM) solution in production use at leading semiconductor companies from 90 nanometers down to 40 nanometers, and is currently facilitating 32- and 28-nanometer variability-aware library development. “Our collective vision is to accurately model manufacturing effects and address them during the design phase,” said Dr. Kuang-Kuo “K.K.” Lin, senior manager of DFM Services at Chartered. “By working with Cadence to develop silicon-accurate DFM models for analysis and digital implementation, we have produced a DFM flow with distinct benefits for Freescale, which results in faster cycle times.” “The design complexity and stringent manufacturing budgets at 45- and 32-nanometers require early three-way collaboration between the customer, the foundry and EDA, beginning at the library level,” said Dave Desharnais, group director of Digital Implementation Solutions at Cadence. “We are pleased that our silicon-proven technology has enabled Freescale’s design success and look forward to ensuring their continued design closure successes. Cadence will continue to invest to be a leading provider of the entire manufacturability-aware implementation flow.” Click here to return to Contents
LG Electronics Adopts Cadence Conformal Technology for Improved Engineering Design Management, Faster Time to Market 27 July 2009 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that LG Electronics has adopted the full line of Cadence® Encounter® Conformal® products to improve engineering management and speed their time to market. Products adopted include Conformal ECO Designer technologies for engineering change order (ECO) management; Conformal Constraint Designer for design constraints validation, compare, and hierarchical integration; and Conformal Low Power for verifying designs that incorporate advanced low- power features. With Conformal ECO technology in place, many functional ECOs are automatically implemented, freeing up valuable resources and increasing schedule predictability in the design of consumer electronic devices. “Conformal ECO Designer enables us to analyze and implement complex functional ECOs that are otherwise difficult and tedious to implement manually,” said Woo Hyun Paik, research fellow vice president, DIS Group, System IC Business Team at LG Electronics. “With Conformal ECO Designer, we can focus on more important verification, design closure and signoff tasks, particularly during critical tape-out times. Conformal ECO Designer reduces our ECO implementation time from weeks to days, and it helps us evaluate ECO feasibility earlier in the process.” Cadence Conformal ECO Designer fits seamlessly into existing design implementation flows which makes it easy to adopt and deploy in production designs. With Conformal ECO Designer in place, designers can both estimate and implement ECOs within a few days. “Cadence Conformal ECO Designer is a uniquely differentiated technology that provides significant productivity improvement and faster design closure at critical project junctures,” said Nimish Modi, senior vice president of research and development for the Front End Group at Cadence. “The one-pass, integrated ECO flow saves customers money and time, while ensuring that functionality and timing requirements are met.”
Page 63 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary
Click here to return to Contents
MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT Opts for LMS Simulation Technology to Develop its Ground-Breaking Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) Engine 28 July 2009 LMS announced that MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT has chosen LMS simulation technology to design its MCE-5 engine block prototype. MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT is a worldwide leader in variable compression ratio (VCR) technology, which reduces fuel consumption of gasoline engines while conforming to stringent emission standards and automotive market demands. The LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim solution helps MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT to create a detailed engine simulation model to better understand and optimize the hydraulic actuation system design, which controls the compression ratio. The MCE-5 VCR engine block is intended to replace conventional engine blocks. The LMS Imagine.Lab simulation solution provides MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT with the necessary tools to model and analyze how design changes influence reliability, durability, and production costs. The ultimate goal is to reduce the number of physical prototypes. “Indeed, what is crucial for us is to identify and study a VCR mechanism that conforms to VCR engines’ mass production requirements. LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim helps us clarify our project in terms of tangible costs and time saving,” stated Mr. Vianney RABHI, Director of Strategy and Development at MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT. MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT engineers particularly appreciate LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim because the one-dimensional simulation software is a tool that helps them optimize the model during the early design stages and assess a variety of subsystems in multiple physical domains. The flawless communication between component libraries and accurate modeling of physical phenomena makes it possible to design the MCE-5 VCR engine block and its related subsystems on a single platform. “The LMS Imagine.Lab Internal Combustion Engine Related Hydraulics solution proved to be the best technical choice for MCE-5 because LMS has extensive experience in fluids as is obvious from its robust component libraries. The solution assists both expert and non-expert users in modeling fluids systems from the functional to the detailed model level,” commented Mr. Yves MIEHE, thermo- dynamic simulation engineer at MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT. About MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT: Founded in 2000, MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT is based in Lyon, France, and is developing the MCE-5 variable compression ratio engine which reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 45% or more. The MCE-5 engine provides a concrete technological and commercial response to the environmental, energy and economic challenges faced by the automotive industry. The MCE-5 engine combines the advantages of both Diesel and gasoline. MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT invested about 30 million Euros to develop the MCE-5 technology, which can be mass-produced as of 2016-2017 thanks to a consortium of 12 major internationally recognized European partners. The MCE-5 project is supported and financed by various French and European institutions. It is a successful example of public-private co-financing. Strongly backed by 257 French and foreign shareholders, almost one third of the total investment in Research and Development comes from public funding. View a film in English presenting MCE-5 technology: http://www.MCE-5.com/downloads/MCE-5_2008_GB.mpg
Page 64 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary About the MCE-5 VCRi Technology: The MCE-5 VCRi is the most advanced Variable Compression Ratio technology worldwide. It is an internal combustion (IC) engine capable of using all the technologies currently available for gasoline engines, such as direct injection, VVTs (Variable Valve Timing) or turbo-charging. IC engines have always progressed through the addition of new functions to improve their performance levels or energy efficiency. MCE-5 proposes an additional decisive function: compression ratio control. Reduction in fuel consumption ranges from 20% for small vehicles to up to 45% for high performance ones. After 12 years of R&D, this technology is now ready to enter into a mass production program, and could be mass-produced by 2016-2017. Click here to return to Contents
PROTOMED SA Chooses HyperWorks to Simulate Implantable Medical Devices 30 July 2009 Altair Engineering, Inc. and PROTOMED SA announced that PROTOMED SA has chosen Altair Engineering's computer-aided engineering (CAE) software suite, HyperWorks, to enhance its numerical simulation capabilities. PROTOMED SA continues to expand its medical device R&D services by choosing Altair as its official computational software partner. The products of the software suite, especially its RADIOSS solver for implicit analysis tasks will be used within service projects of PROTOMED and to develop new and innovative implantable medical devices. PROTOMED engineers use CAE to predict physical responses of biological systems to known load conditions and will use HyperWorks to model medical devices for various applications, ranging from coronary stents to orthopedics implant. "We were looking for a high-performance finite element analysis tool to assess mechanical resistance limits in relation to our European device development and test services activities," said Frederic Mouret, CEO and founder of PROTOMED. "HyperWorks is an essential component of our fatigue simulation efforts, computational fluid mechanics and trauma simulation capabilities. It will reinforce our technical resources and our ability to anticipate the behavior of new implants in their simulated biological environment." Global healthcare is a dynamic and fast-growing industry. Designers and manufacturers of medical devices are constantly challenged to improve product performance, deliver quality and reliability and meet regulatory standards. CAE tools are increasingly used in the biomed industry to meet design and quality challenges and are gaining acceptance in validation processes. "Altair Engineering is happy to work with PROTOMED in its use of simulation for development of medical devices," said Joanne Zuzelski, director of business development at Altair Engineering. "PROTOMED's leadership in the advanced application of simulation technologies such as RADIOSS, provides valuable, reliable solutions for the medical device market." HyperWorks delivers complex models and procedures for biomedical applications with high-fidelity simulation. From its capability to model detailed geometry to the simulation of complex physical and biological processes, HyperWorks is an enterprise simulation solution for the medical device industry. HyperWorks includes modeling, analysis, visualization and data management solutions for linear, nonlinear, structural, optimization, fluid-structure interaction and multi-body dynamics applications. For more information, please visit http://www.altairhyperworks.com.
Page 65 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary
Click here to return to Contents
SpaceClaim Awarded Major OEM Contract by Flow International Corporation 28 July 2009 SpaceClaim announced the Company has won a major OEM deal with Flow International Corporation to provide 2D and 3D design capabilities within Flow’s Ultrahigh-Pressure (UHP) Waterjet Cutting Products. Starting in the fall, 2009, Flow Waterjet equipment will offer SpaceClaim’s solutions integrated for customers that are machining high volume, short run or prototyping parts. “In our desire to provide the most advanced 3D modeling capability to our customers, we evaluated either developing our own solution or partnering with experts in the 3D engineering software field,” said Michael Ruppenthal, Vice President of Global Product Management and Marketing, Flow International Corporation. “Our goal was a solution that would give our customers the maximum flexibility, be easy and fast to use, and would enable us to seamlessly integrate 3D direct modeling with our cutting products. SpaceClaim was the right solution and company to partner with, providing the precision our manufacturing customers require.” Flow International Corporation is the world leader in the development and manufacture of UHP waterjet technology and commands nearly a 60 percent market share. The company’s core markets include aerospace, automotive, job and machine shops, paper, food, art and architecture, industrial cleaning, food processing and other specialty applications. Customers include firms such as Boeing, Airbus, Honda, Corning, Sandisk, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. “Manufacturing represents a strong market opportunity for SpaceClaim and working with Flow International Corporation is a great partnership for us,” said Rich Moore, SpaceClaim’s Vice President of Business Development. “Flow is very customer-focused and understands the value of adding 3D Direct Modeling capabilities that offer the flexibility to create new designs or edit existing models. They recognized that SpaceClaim’s technology was developed from the ground up to avoid constraints and therefore we can integrate quickly with Flow’s premier waterjet systems, shortening time-to-market and supporting Flow’s impressive competitive advantage.” SpaceClaim’s 3D Direct Modeling solutions include SpaceClaim Engineer and SpaceClaim Style and represent the most significant advancement in 3D engineering in more than 10 years. These direct modelers enable engineers to work in 3D and engage in conceptual design, engineering analysis, and simulation-driven design. SpaceClaim Engineer is a fast and powerful 3D direct modeler for top-down design, 3D layout, conceptual engineering, and model preparation for simulation and analysis. Unique capabilities include intuitive Pull, Move, Fill, and Combine tools for rmodel editing, as well as straightforward 2D and cross-section modeling. SpaceClaim Style brings 3D solid modeling to industrial designers and product stylists and enables them to work collaboratively with their clients and the entire development team. With SpaceClaim Style, users get a rapid creation environment that enables flexible design capabilities and converts hand-drawn, 2D, and surface data to accurate solid models. Click here to return to Contents
Page 66 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary UMC Adopts Cadence 40-Nanometer Reference Flow for Low Power, Verification, Implementation and DFM-Aware Design 30 July 2009 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that it has delivered an end-to-end CPF-based low power and DFM-aware design, verification, and implementation solution tuned for semiconductor foundry UMC in support of its 40-nanometer process technology. The new reference flow provides designers with a reliable, UMC-validated methodology incorporating the latest in low power techniques and model-based DFM analysis and optimization capabilities for maximum power efficiency, superior quality of results, and accelerated yield ramp for advanced node designs. “The Cadence methodology for UMC’s 40-nanometer process allows designers to create power-efficient chips using a single methodology that delivers consistent power intent all the way to production,” said Stephen Fu, director of the IP Development & Design Support Division at UMC. “In addition, the flow supports the UMC 40-nanometer process with advanced design-side DFM capabilities during physical implementation for lower risk and faster time to volume.” The UMC reference flow employs the CPF-enabled Encounter® Digital Implementation (EDI) System and Cadence Low-Power Solution, and is aimed at efficient energy use and highest yield for 40-nm system-on-chip designs. The Cadence Low-Power Solution is the industry's first complete flow that integrates logic design, verification, and implementation with the Si2-standard Common Power Format and features power awareness throughout all necessary design steps, including logic synthesis, simulation, design for test, equivalence checking, silicon virtual prototyping, physical implementation and complete signoff analysis. CPF is a Si2-approved industry standard format for specifying power- saving techniques early in the design process, enabling sharing and reuse of low-power intelligence. In addition to low power, the UMC reference flow also employs the Encounter Digital Implementation System’s full suite of integrated and foundry-certified model-based DFM capabilities for lithography. This enables designers to confidently prevent, analyze, and optimize for potential DFM hot-spots during the physical implementation flow in concert with other optimizations, including timing, signal integrity, area, power, and yield. “The Cadence Low-Power Solution is unique, and our integrated DFM technologies are essential to advanced design methodologies today,” said Nitin Deo, group marketing director of Implementation Products at Cadence. “We are proud of our collaboration with UMC to provide the industry with a robust 40-nanometer design flow that delivers the most important requirements for designs today: performance, power efficiency, productivity, reliability and superior manufacturability.” Click here to return to Contents
VNIIGAZ Selects ANSYS MULTIPHYSICS Software to Drive Innovation in Oil and Gas Pipeline Technology 28 July 2009 ANSYS, Inc. announced that VNIIGAZ — the Scientific-Research Institute of Natural Gases and Gas Technologies LLC — has selected software from ANSYS for its research and development programs. VNIIGAZ is one of Russia’s largest research centers and a division of Moscow-based JSC Gazprom, a gas exploration and production company with huge reserves. VNIIGAZ is using multiphysics simulation software from ANSYS to improve reliability and drive technological innovation in the pipeline
Page 67 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary equipment used to transfer oil and gas. The company also is applying Simulation Driven Product Development™ to simulate emergency scenarios in an industry that is especially hazardous. In its research and development efforts, VNIIGAZ uses ANSYS® structural mechanics, fluid dynamics and explicit dynamics analysis tools to perform studies on erosion and combustion, stress–strain analysis, strength and fatigue analysis, and studies of internal and external loads in gas pipelines. One specific application involves modeling the physics of equipment damage, thereby facilitating the development of new damage prevention strategies and technologies. Extensive risk-assessment simulations are planned to explore scenarios such as gas explosions and the spread of fire to help maintain and improve operational safety at Gazprom. “ANSYS provides the breadth of simulation tools we need at VNIIGAZ to ensure we can accurately account for the entire range of physics. By placing ANSYS technology at the foundation of our research and development program, we can reduce the number of full-scale experiments and lead time required to develop innovative technologies designed for extraction, transportation and gas processing facilities accident prevention,” said Sergei Kovalyov, director of laboratory simulation of emergency processes at VNIIGAZ. In making its decision, VNIIGAZ considered how effective ANSYS technology has been at other oil and gas companies domestically and internationally. “VNIIGAZ has not just managed to survive in our changing world, but its scientific input has allowed Gazprom to considerably enhance field projects and develop new technology. By selecting ANSYS software, VNIIGAZ recognizes the value of Simulation Driven Product Development in reducing costs and development timelines while delivering better products and processes — whether that applies to extended production, transportation improvement, higher reliability or safer operations,” said Ahmad Haidari, director, industry marketing at ANSYS, Inc. ANSYS channel partner ZAO EMT R was instrumental in the implementation of ANSYS technology at VNIIGAZ and will provide high-level technical support and maintenance to the research division. About LLC VNIIGAZ The Scientific-Research Institute of Natural Gases and Gas Technologies Limited Liability Company — VNIIGAZ of JSC Gazprom — is one of largest research centers in the Russian Federation. VNIIGAZ coordinates scientific investigations within the framework of major specific engineering projects and programs, conducting research and development, testing and design works. For more information, visit http://www.vniigaz.ru/ru/index.php. About ZAO EMT R ZAO EMT R is a leading Russian company focusing on sales and support of high-end products from ANSYS. Inc. It also is closely integrated with CAD and PDM products. ZAO EMT R provides high- quality consulting services in the area of computer-aided engineering technology management. The company’s employees perform expert work in such application areas as aviation and aerospace, turbomachinery, oil and gas, power engineering, automotive, shipbuilding and marine construction, and civil engineering. For more information, visit http://www.emt.ru or http://www.ansys.msk.ru. Click here to return to Contents
Page 68 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Product News
ACS Software, Inc. Releases SR4 Update for Version 6.5 of the AutoEDMS™ Document Management & Workflow Solution 27 July 2009 ACS Software, Inc. — the developer of the AutoEDMS Document Management & Workflow Solution, for workgroups, multi-site enterprises and the Internet, released Service Release 4 (SR4) Update for Version 6.5 of AutoEDMS. This release is a significant upgrade enabling AutoEDMS customers to better manage, share and view their data and digital assets more effectively. “A lot of work went into this significant upgrade, with hundreds of improvements,” noted ACS Software President, Todd Hays. Enhancements include . . . Viewing AutoEDMS offers the aVue viewing system in both Desktop and Client-Server Editions. The features and format support are virtually identical for both platforms. Both provide a single uniform interface, and one comprehensive set of tools for natively viewing and printing various electronic documents. AutoEDMS aVue is state-of-the-art viewing technology that supports all the latest file formats, including AutoCAD 2009 DWG and DWF, MicroStation v8, Acrobat PDF, and Word/Excel 2008. SR4 also supports a new “HD AutoImage” option that provides “high definition” autoimages for TIFF files, etc. Workflow Engine In Version SR4, the AutoEDMS Workflow Engine™, which automatically routes documents between people and departments, automating revision and approval processes, offers significant performance improvements in workflow operation, particularly for workflows with multiple steps and several documents. Local workstations can now be used for “working copy” folders and workflow comment files travel with the associated documents to provide tighter directory security. AutoEDMS Reports In SR4, AutoEDMS Reports support has been added for picture/image field types to display company logos. Also, project database fields can now be added to reports, and the report orientation (portrait/landscape) is saved with each report definition. The print preview function has been improved. Database Transfer Wizard The AutoEDMS Database Transfer Wizard now supports spreadsheets with multiple sheets, and database transfer “mapping” settings are retained throughout the import process, so they can be modified without recreation. Project database fields can also be included in the transfer process. Upgrade Information SR4 and the aVue viewing system upgrades are offered as part of the All-In-One subscription upgrade plan. ACS Software customers who have an active “All-In-One” maintenance agreement are eligible to automatically download and apply the SR4 update. To determine eligibility, email [email protected] with the subject of “SR4 Update Password”. For complete SR4 upgrade details, visit: http://www.autoedms.com/downloads/update-info/65SR4RelNotes.htm For questions regarding the SR4 upgrade or the status of an upgrade plan, call: (800) 325-0425 or email: [email protected].
Page 69 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary About ACS Software, Inc. Founded in 1981, ACS Software now serves clients throughout the U.S. and 26 nations, including: • Raytheon™ • Los Angeles World Airports™ • NBC Universal™ • Carver Yachts™ • ABB™ • Schiphol Group™ • Chevron Corp. ™ • Nav Canada™ • Total Oil™ • U.S. Air Force™ • Argonne National Laboratory™ Click here to return to Contents
Cadence Achieves First-Silicon Results on 32nm Common Platform™ Technology 29 July 2009 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced first-silicon results on 32-nanometer (nm) Common Platform high-k metal-gate (HKMG) technology, manufactured at IBM. Cadence® and the Common Platform alliance, comprised of IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Samsung Electronics, collaborated to tackle systematic and random variability in advanced node designs. The silicon results represent a significant milestone for designers with stringent design-for-manufacturing (DFM) requirements, and can enable Encounter® Digital Implementation (EDI) System to provide significant power savings, yield enhancement and time-to-market advantages. The 32nm silicon results provide a rich and expansive data set modeling the HKMG process in relation to layout rules, design rule checking and device interconnect models. In addition, they capture critical information related to device and interconnect variability, including systematic, random, within-die and die-to-die variation, as well as manufacturing effects including lithography, thermal, stress, proximity effects, and copper deposition. Using this manufacturing intelligence during the physical design process, the Cadence Encounter Digital Implementation System can enable early and silicon-accurate DFM and variability modeling, characterization and optimization to provide a complete end-to-end flow. “We’ve worked closely with Cadence to build early hardware for the purpose of accurately modeling device and interconnect variability,” said Mark Ireland, vice president, IBM Semiconductor Platforms on behalf of the Common Platform alliance. “The early learning will enable Cadence to incorporate silicon-accurate models and DFM support into the Encounter tool suite. This helps accelerate the adoption of 32/28nm high-k metal-gate technology for designers to deliver next-generation devices with significantly improved performance and battery life.” The EDI System contains a full suite of DFM and statistical technologies that can be applied across the
Page 70 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary physical implementation flow. Manufacturing and yield can be addressed concurrently with timing, signal integrity, power, and area optimizations to ensure all aspects are addressed holistically before final tapeout. By modeling and optimizing for variability early in the design stage, designers reduce overall turnaround time and improve confidence that the chip will work as intended. Once these technologies are validated on 32/28nm technology, there is a potential to increase design predictability, resulting in higher-quality silicon with better time to volume. “With this announcement, Cadence demonstrates industry leadership with innovative manufacturing partnerships,” said Chi-Ping Hsu, senior vice president of Research and Development for the Implementation Products Group at Cadence. “The Cadence and Common Platform alliance collaboration on 32/28nm is yet another testimony to our long-term investment and commitment to advanced technology development. Cadence continues its quickened pace of product and technology leadership to help our customers bring their leading-edge products first to market.” Click here to return to Contents
Cadence Validates ARM Optimized Libraries for 45nm SOI Process 27 July 2009 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that they have validated a new generation of ASIC libraries from ARM using the Cadence® Encounter® Digital Implementation System targeting IBM’s 45- nanometer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) manufacturing process. The development marks another milestone in a multiyear collaboration enabling efficient utilization of IBM’s low-power, high-performance SOI technology for next-generation designs. “Our collaboration with Cadence on the early validation of their tools will ensure design readiness for customers of IBM’s 45nm SOI technology. Collectively, ARM, Cadence and IBM offer a reliable design platform wherever speed, functionality and low power consumption are needed,” said Tom Lantzsch, vice president, physical IP division, ARM. “These new silicon-validated libraries 45nm SOI libraries enable the creation of power efficient SOC’s, while reducing development time and cost.” The ARM 45nm SOI libraries were developed using the Cadence Virtuoso® custom design platform 6.1 and validated on multiple designs in the Cadence Encounter Digital Implementation System, a complete RTL-to-GDSII design environment that features the Si2 Common Power Format (CPF) for low power design, native signoff-in-the-loop for interconnect extraction, timing, power, and signal integrity plus fully integrated Cadence design-for-manufacturing (DFM) technology. The entire Cadence end-to-end design, implementation, and verification solution is proven to fully support the SOI manufacturing process. “The collaboration among Cadence, ARM and IBM is vital to designers targeting our SOI technology,” said Richard Busch, director, IBM ASIC Products. “It’s imperative that these libraries are designed, verified and implemented in close correlation to our SOI process so designers can achieve the full benefits of higher performance and lower power consumption versus bulk CMOS technologies.” “We’re excited to play a vital role in this collaboration to deliver advanced SOI-ready solutions to the design community at a time when the ability to match performance and power requirements are a growing concern,” said Dr. Chi-Ping Hsu, senior vice president of research and development for the implementation group at Cadence. “As an industry leader in driving advanced low power solutions, the collaboration with other leaders in the SOI Consortium enables rapid deployment of comprehensive high-performance and energy-efficient process technologies integrated with industry standard design
Page 71 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary methodologies.” Click here to return to Contents
CSC's FirstDoc Recognized by EMC as a Preferred Regulatory Compliance Application for Life Sciences Industry 30 July 2009 CSC announced an agreement with EMC Corporation to offer advanced compliance solutions to the life sciences industry. As part of the agreement, EMC will now offer CSC's FirstDoc as a preferred regulatory compliance application. FirstDoc, based on the EMC Documentum enterprise content management platform, has more than 100,000 users worldwide. "Over the last decade, FirstDoc has consistently met the highest level of certification standards set by EMC, validating the design, performance and scalability of the application," said Jay DeWalt, vice president of Indirect & Solution Sales, Content Management and Archiving Division at EMC. "The latest release of FirstDoc, based on the Documentum 6.5 platform, demonstrates CSC's continued focus on innovation and on improving the end user's experience and productivity." "We're delighted that EMC recognizes FirstDoc as a preferred regulatory compliance application for the life sciences industry," said Nigel Whitehead, managing director of Life Sciences in CSC's Healthcare Group. "Documentum is an enterprise content management platform of choice for CSC's large and mid market customers, and we continue to design FirstDoc to take advantage of the platform's most robust features that now include access to FirstDoc and Documentum through SharePoint. We are committed to integrating FirstDoc with other complementary EMC products such as EMC Documentum Retention Policy Services, EMC Captiva InputAccel and EMC Documentum Content Transformation Services." FirstDoc is designed to help life sciences companies with the challenge and expense of meeting increased regulatory scrutiny and quality procedures. Specifically, it helps companies meet Part 11 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR Part 11) to ensure that electronic records and signatures are equivalent to those based on traditional paper based methods. Earlier this year, CSC introduced new releases of its FirstDoc SharePoint Experience (SPX) and FirstDoc Collaborative Review Experience (CRX) content management solutions. In addition to being a cost-effective way to increase user access in a controlled SharePoint setting, SPX includes CSC's Secure Clinical Collaboration, which enhances controlled and cost effective collaboration between partner and sponsor. CRX offers controlled real-time co-authoring and edit capabilities with tools that augment the authoring process such as Microsoft Word, discussion threads, calendars, broadcast announcements and external Web site links. Other features include the ability to personalize SharePoint Web parts, or the building blocks of a SharePoint page, according to user role and content access privilege. CSC's Healthcare Group, which serves healthcare providers, health plans, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, and allied industries around the world, is a global leader in transforming the healthcare industry through the effective use of information to improve healthcare outcomes, decision- making and operating efficiency. About CSC CSC is a global provider of technology-enabled solutions and services through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions and Services, the Managed Services Sector and the North American Public Sector. CSC's advanced capabilities include systems design and integration,
Page 72 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 92,000 employees and reported revenue of $16.74 billion for the 12 months ended April 3, 2009. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.csc.com. Click here to return to Contents
First Intra-Operable Software for Intelligent Substation Design Speeds Project Delivery and Reduces Costs 28 July 2009 Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced the release of Bentley Substation V8i, the first intra-operable software product for intelligent electrical and physical substation design. This productive software speeds project delivery and reduces costs by providing: • Intelligent substation information models that allow distributed users to work efficiently with federated data in a single environment; • The most complete set of substation engineering and design tools available with a common graphical user interface, making the software easy to learn; • Integration with the ProjectWise system for connecting people and information to facilitate engineering content management and team collaboration in support of streamlined workflows. Bentley Substation delivers intelligent infrastructure for substations by supporting all of the key components and requirements of an electric substation – from physical layout to electrical schematics for protection and control, grounding grid, lightning protection, panel layout, and control house and lighting design. In addition, it intra-operates with Bentley’s broad portfolio of software offerings, including civil engineering for site design and selection and architectural design for building modeling. Bentley COO Malcolm Walter said, “Our new substation product underscores Bentley’s commitment to helping our users engineer the 21st century utility. Together with our solutions for power generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure, Bentley Substation V8i completes our end-to-end solution for today’s utilities, and uniquely provides the breadth and depth of software to design, build, and operate the intelligent infrastructure that’s the foundation of the smart grid – and ultimately supports the creation of intelligent cities.” Bentley Substation V8i combines powerful electrical design with full 3D modeling. The electrical design tools deliver integrated intelligent drawing and automatic report generation to quickly and easily create electrical schematics, cable and wiring routes, and panel layouts. The 3D modeling, coupled with the software’s built-in grounding grid layout and wire sag algorithms, empowers users to optimize substation site layout and minimize on-site problems by dealing with clearances, interferences, and other potential construction issues early in the project lifecycle. By replacing traditional 2D CAD, paper-based workflows, and disparate collections of software with the advanced 2D and 3D integrated tools built into Bentley Substation, project teams can reduce substation electrical system design time by more than 30 percent. As a result, organizations can do more work with fewer people, all while saving money and improving project quality. Bentley Substation also features a comprehensive database that includes more than 2 million up-to-date electrical parts. Having immediate access to this extensive repository of parts data helps engineers quickly generate accurate bills of materials for both electrical and physical design work and enables
Page 73 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary organizations to implement parts standardization, further enhancing quality and reducing costs. To help overcome the challenges associated with locating new substations in communities, Bentley Substation also provides full 3D modeling integrated with terrain models and advanced visualization tools. This makes it easy to communicate design intent to stakeholders and expedites early acceptance, reducing business risks and speeding regulatory approvals. Commenting on the release of Bentley Substation, Juan Torres Pozas, networks product manager at IBERDROLA Engineering and Construction, a leading energy engineering company, said, “We had been looking for a suite of software that could address our pressing need to systematize our processes for designing substations. Every substation involves a substantial amount of electrical, physical layout, and civil engineering work. There are tools for automating electrical processes and facilitating the design of cabling, wiring, and cable routing policies, but physical layout and civil engineering tasks are still largely done manually, using 2D drawings. CAD software can be used, but it is not integrated into the overall product. Bentley took one of its core products and extended it to support our key requirement – integrated electrical system design and 3D physical layout design. This will significantly increase our substation design productivity and eliminate mistakes caused by a lack of project coordination.” For additional information about Bentley Substation V8i, visit http://www.bentley.com/substation. Click here to return to Contents
Gerber Technology Launches Newest Version of webPDM, the flagship component of Gerber’s PLM Software Suite 28 July 2009 Gerber Technology announced the release of webPDM 6.0, the flagship module of their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software Suite for the organization of data, images, processes and procedures. Gerber Technology’s webPDM 6.0 functions as a globally-accessible, browser- based solution enabling development professionals to organize information, create tech packs and effectively communicate with employees, customers, vendors and suppliers. webPDM 6.0’s browser-based environment enhances the end user experience allowing rapid global creation, collaboration and production execution for apparel, furniture, accessories and other consumer products. Advanced product development functionality within webPDM is incorporated to meet complex business demands allowing every size company to utilize options that fit their needs. “With webPDM 6.0, we’ve added highly desirable features such as Linked Pages and Folders that allow for one time entry of specification information spread throughout multiple styles,” says Elizabeth King, Director of Software Applications for Gerber Technology. “Global participants can easily and effectively organize and create content, while taking advantage of enhanced functionality such as the BOM staging area promoting implementation and collaboration on the most important product components. The software integrates seamlessly with the other PLM modules including AccuMark, webView and webFolio permitting more time spent adding value and less on administration.” Companies of every size will appreciate the value provided by this feature-rich PLM application for global collaboration. “We are very pleased with the enhancements we have been able to deliver to product managers, sourcing professionals, designers, merchandisers, vendors and executives with this latest version of webPDM,” King notes. “This release represents the culmination of invaluable user
Page 74 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary feedback and bright ideas. From improved product views to rapidly enabling user proficiency, webPDM 6.0 is certain to set the new standard meeting size, supply chain and product lifecycle demands and we are excited to announce its launch to market.” To learn more about webPDM’s features and functionalities, visit: http://www.gerbertechnology.com/webPDM.htm To learn more about Gerber Technology’s Software Users Conference, visit: http://www.gerbertechnology.com/usersconference.htm Click here to return to Contents
Great Abilities for 2D Design and Budget Savings; ASCON continues Rental program for KOMPAS- 3D and KOMPAS-Graphic 27 July 2009 ASCON Group, developer and integrator of professional CAD/AEC/PLM, continues with rental programs for professional 3D and 2D parametric CAD for just a fraction of costs of similar solutions. The rental offer is valid for a full-functional version of ASCON solution for 2D Parametric Drawing, Design and Release of Documentation - users benefit from 1 Year License for as low as 360 Euro or 540 USD. Today it is especially important to stay competitive and to manage corporate or individual resources effectively. Rental offer from ASCON is available for terms starting from 3 month to 1 Year, for the whole line of solutions and for in any region. RENTAL offer from ASCON provides not only up-to-date, modern and competitive software, but also important services during the whole rental period: • technical support and regular updates - you'll get a new version, 24/7 support and all the service packs of KOMPAS absolutely for free; • online training facilities – members of rental program get free access to ASCON online CAD webinars; • upgrade from time-limited version to permanent – to install permanent version or to prolong rental period at special conditions is easy with ASCON rental program. Rental offer is also available for KOMPAS-3D - modern, professional and effective Mechanical CAD solution for 3D Solid Modelling, 2D Drafting and Design. The price is as low as 870 Euro or 1290 USD for 1 Year License, so you'll get immediate productivity without the commitment. Are you enforced to pay dozens of money for the standard functional? Do you get range of limitations and additional spendings from vendor? ASCON suggests you minimum price for similar level of professional 2D or 3D solutions without any limitation and hidden initial or maintenance costs. Download Demo version at http://ascon.net/download/kompas/ and contact us at [email protected] for more details. About ASCON ASCON - CAD/AEC/PLM software developer and supplier, founded in 1989. ASCON solutions address key issues of industrial design, engineering, preparation and release of drawing documentation, product lifecycle management. ASCON software to be successfully applied across various industries:
Page 75 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary machinery, automotive, shipbuilding, aerospace and defense, architecture, civil engineering, electronics and many others. Mechanical Computer-Aided Design solution from ASCON - KOMPAS, provides Professional Parametric 3D Modelling, full-scale 2D Design, special add-ons for photo rendering, motion simulation, kinematic and dynamic analysis. ASCON offers easy learning solutions, with up-to-date professional functionality at reasonable prices. Download free version of KOMPAS-3D LT at http://www.ascon.net Special Offers from ASCON: • CAD for RENT – rent KOMPAS-3D at 75 Euro per month • CAD TRADE IN – exchange Your outdated CAD to KOMPAS-3D with 50% discount Click here to return to Contents
Jobshop 2009 R3 30 July 2009 Planit’s Jobshop is a flexible, scalable and intelligent production planning and control system offering advanced functionality in the key areas of manufacturing and assembly. The software allows businesses to successfully compete in demanding market conditions, through direct productivity improvements and lower IT infrastructure costs. This latest release of Jobshop, 2009 R3, adds a number of new features in addition to further developing existing functionality and improving usability throughout the system. Data analysis and reporting is one of the primary objectives of a manufacturing software solution. Jobshop provides an extensive suite of standard reports, which can be extended and enhanced with the use of Crystal Reports. In this latest version powerful document customisation allows key system documents to be defined for printing, emailing or PDF creation, either via the standard internal print format or a fully customisable document based on a Crystal Report template. The Crystal option adds exciting possibilities to the external documents feature, allowing users to define the Jobshop data they require on the form and format the document layout in any style. By judicious application of user definable or analysis fields within the Jobshop database it is even possible to customise documents to vary for different customers, suppliers or even applications. Shop documents and GRN (goods received notes)/stock labels can also be produced and customised using the same procedures. Example layouts of documents are included with the software for users to expand and develop and novice Crystal users can work with their consultant to create the ideal document set. Jobshop’s costing functionality provides users with a wide variety of options based on standard, current or actual costs. All purchasing, manufacturing and associated costs are determined within a single database engine; ensuring reports are based on consistent and accurate data. Another new development in Jobshop 2009 R3 is aimed at helping estimators assess process times more efficiently and with greater consistency and accuracy, by building the planned labour times from a toolkit of synthetics. Standard processes can be defined as a series of formula based steps using a new graphical formula builder. Constants and variables can be incorporated and linked to specific materials and work centres.
Page 76 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary When applied to an estimate the user is prompted to enter the pertinent data as required by the formula and the resultant operation time is calculated. Jobshop incorporates complete ‘cradle to grave’ parts issue control. For sites using the existing sized stock part functionality in Jobshop, new length or area based materials can now be defined directly within the estimate just like any other material. If the job is won then Sales Confirmation will allow creation of these parts as standard. Sized stock has been further extended to cover coil material. New conversion factors allow purchasing in sensible units and off-cut returns are calculated automatically. Of key interest to aerospace and motorsport companies producing carbon fibre composite parts, the shelf life functionality in this latest release has been extended to recognise temperature sensitive parts. The shelf life of such components or materials automatically reduces in line with their exposure to ambient temperature. The exact degree of degradation can be specified as a factor against each part. To make accounting easier the VAT category applied to a Sales Invoice is now delivery address dependent rather than customer orientated. Click here to return to Contents
Latest Enhancements to AVEVA Plant Deliver Immediate and Measurable User Benefits 29 July 2009 AVEVA announces further enhancements to its AVEVA Plant portfolio, with significant improvements to AVEVA PDMS, AVEVA Global and all of its schematics products. Notable improvements have been made to AVEVA PDMS and AVEVA Global, further extending AVEVA's technology in 3D plant design and multi-site project execution. This latest release introduces numerous new and improved capabilities, many of which are as a result of consultation with AVEVA customers. One of the major enhancements is the ability of AVEVA PDMS users to openly share data with users of AVEVA Outfitting, part of the AVEVA Marine portfolio, in even the most complex and demanding global projects. Customers involved in any part of the offshore oil & gas or marine industries will benefit from greatly enhanced standardisation across their projects coupled with increased flexibility in the way they work with their project partners. The new version of AVEVA Global, AVEVA's technology for managing multi-project execution, receives many enhancements, including new compression technology that further reduces band-width and network availability requirements. All of the schematic products within AVEVA Plant have also received major updates, and a new product, AVEVA Diagrams, has been added to the Plant portfolio. AVEVA VPE P&ID has been extensively upgraded and is renamed AVEVA P&ID at this release. Still integrated with AVEVA VPE Workbench, AVEVA P&ID is now a fully object-centric, AutoCAD- based application, employing Microsoft .NET technology, and capable of integration with AVEVA's Dabacon database via AVEVA P&ID Manager. The latest version is an excellent illustration of AVEVA's policy of Continual Progression; providing customers with increasing capabilities and flexibility while ensuring full upwards compatibility of their existing design data. AVEVA Diagrams is a powerful tool for creating P&IDs and HVAC diagrams, with an intuitive
Page 77 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Microsoft Visio user interface, for users whose priority is direct interaction with the schematic model database. Already a popular element of AVEVA Marine, it has been upgraded and introduced to the plant portfolio, reflecting the progressively closer integration of these two product families. AVEVA P&ID and AVEVA Diagrams are two complementary products, providing customers with freedom to choose their preferred solution. P&ID drawings and data from both of these products, and from a number of third party P&ID systems can be consistency checked against the 3D PDMS model using the latest AVEVA Schematic 3D Integrator. This new release of the AVEVA Plant portfolio also includes the latest update to the new AVEVA Instrumentation product, which is a feature-rich suite of integrated applications for the efficient specification, design and maintenance of all plant instrumentation and control systems. Bruce Douglas, AVEVA's Vice President Marketing and Product Strategy, said: "AVEVA Plant is an integrated set of engineering and design applications for the process plant and power industries. It allows engineers and designers on multiple sites to work together, in the most productive and risk-free way. These latest upgrades make them even more productive and further extends our leadership in many areas." Richard Longdon, CEO of AVEVA said: "At every new product release, AVEVA pushes out the boundaries of what it is possible to achieve in the plant engineering industries. These latest upgrades will deliver immediate, measurable benefits to our customers, increase their capabilities, and increase our technology leadership." For more information on AVEVA Plant see http://www.aveva.com/plant. Click here to return to Contents
Magma's Talus IC Implementation System Included in TSMC Reference Flow 10.0 Targeting 28-nm Process Technology 27 July 2009 Magma® Design Automation Inc. announced that the Talus® IC implementation system has been included in TSMC Reference Flow 10.0. With Magma software and the latest TSMC Reference Flow, designers have access to the "Fastest Path to Silicon™" for designs targeted at TSMC's 28-nanometer (nm) processes. "TSMC 28-nm processes offer the promise of billion-gate ICs, but also bring the challenge of dealing with more physical effects, tougher power requirements and difficult timing closure issues," said Premal Buch, general manager of Magma's Design Implementation Business Unit. "Magma's latest release, Talus 1.1 with our new COre™ technology, combined with TSMC's Reference Flow 10.0, provides faster design closure on large, tough designs." COre is Magma's new Concurrent Optimizing routing engine. This new routing engine, which includes the ability to push critical wires to a thicker and wider metal layer, supports TSMC's 28-nm design rules and provides faster overall design closure with better performance and predictability. "For years TSMC has been leveraging close collaboration with leading EDA vendors, such as Magma, to co-optimize EDA design technology and our advanced process technology," said S.T. Juang, senior
Page 78 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary director of Design Infrastructure Marketing at TSMC. "With the inclusion of the Talus system for Reference Flow 10.0, TSMC and Magma offer mutual customers differentiated design and process technologies that improve power, performance and design for manufacturability of 28-nm ICs." Enabling 28-nm Design through the Open Innovation Platform (OIP) Through the OIP and Active Accuracy Assurance initiative, TSMC enables innovation by promoting quality and accuracy throughout the semiconductor ecosystem. Magma software has supported the OIP since the platform's inception. By engaging with TSMC and customers early, Magma has ensured that Talus is able to implement designs targeted at TSMC's 28-nm processes. Enhanced Low-Power Design Techniques Low-power support in Reference Flow 10.0 has been expanded to include the bottom-up hierarchical Unified Power Format (UPF) flow. The UPF can be used to specify low-power design techniques at all levels of a hierarchical design flow. For low-power flows with multiple voltage islands, support for disjoint power domains with dual power SRAMs is now available. To address leakage, Talus is able to optimize leakage at different corners from timing optimization. This provides more accurate timing and leakage optimization, minimizing iterations. Talus also supports the Common Power Format (CPF) as part of its low-power flow. Ensuring Manufacturability at 28 nm To address design for manufacturability (DFM) and variability issues at 28 nm, Magma integrates Talus qDRC physical verification capabilities into the Talus Vortex place-and-route flow. This solution provides highly accurate timing-driven metal fill that is design-rule clean and meets timing and performance requirements. Other physical DFM capabilities include lithography hotspot fixing within Talus based on TSMC qualified lithography process check (LPC) hotspot detection engines. By fixing hotspots within the Talus unified design environment, area and timing penalties can be avoided and a design-rule-clean layout is generated. For electrical DFM, TSMC provides an integrated eDFM (electrical DFM) analysis, which is a combination of DFM effects on chemical mechanical polishing (CMP), Thickness-to- Electrical (T2E), lithographic Shape-to-Electrical (S2E), and stress effects. Talus provides complete support for TSMC's eDFM-based timing analysis and optimization. Magma Products Qualified for the TSMC Reference Flow 10.0 Reference Flow 10.0 is supported by Magma's full suite of RTL-to-GDSII tools which include:
-- Talus Vortex - DFM-aware physical implementation, place-and- route, -- Talus Design - physically-aware RTL synthesis -- Talus Power Pro - low-power design that supports UPF and Common Power Format (CPF) -- Talus qDRC - signoff quality design rule checking, timing-aware metal fill -- Quartz RC - RC extraction Click here to return to Contents
Page 79 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Magma Announces Next-Generation Mixed-Signal Design Flow with New Release of Titan Platform 27 July 2009 Magma® Design Automation Inc. announced a new release of the Titan™ mixed-signal design platform which now includes the state-of-the art Titan Analog Simulation Environment (ASE) and Titan Schematic-Driven Layout (SDL) tools. Several productivity enhancements have also been made to the existing Titan Schematic Editor (SE), Titan Layout Editor (LE) and Titan Shape-Based Router (SBR). With the new capabilities and enhancements, Titan delivers first-time-right, predictable mixed-signal designs, shortening the design process by weeks without sacrificing performance. Titan is the first truly unified, open platform that embeds digital standard-cell design into the analog circuit design flow. Seamless integration with Magma's Talus digital implementation, Titan ADX accelerator, FineSim simulation and Quartz physical verification tools provides greater automation and reduces iterations during both block-level design and top-level integration. To ease adoption, Titan natively supports OpenAccess and emerging industry standards such as the TSMC iPDK. "Since we introduced Titan a little over a year ago we've diligently worked to deliver critical enhancements and to meet key milestones in the development of this unique platform," said Anirudh Devgan, general manager of Magma's Custom Design Business Unit. "Our efforts have paid off. Titan has been adopted by leading semiconductor companies, qualified by the world's largest foundry for an important new initiative and even nominated for innovation awards. With the addition of the recent enhancements and Titan ASE and Titan SDL, Magma's Titan is the fastest path to mixed-signal silicon." Titan Platform: First-Time-Right, Predictable Mixed-Signal Design Titan is the first full-chip mixed-signal design, analysis and verification platform. Unlike other design solutions, Titan tightly integrates mixed-signal implementation with digital implementation, circuit simulation and verification, providing comprehensive capabilities. Titan SE, a complete and powerful schematic editor, facilitates quick schematic capture and editing, advanced search and replace, easy hierarchy traversal and design management. It has full support for buses and bundles, inherited connections and netlisting of various formats. Titan ASE, a specification-driven, test-based analog simulation environment, empowers organized design verification across different operating conditions. Pass-fail indicators locate the failing cases and indicate final signoff with respect to the specifications. Features such as simulator-independent tests, device under text (DUT)-based test mapping help migrate the test benches across different versions of the design. Titan SE, Titan ASE and Titan ADX capabilities are integrated to enable easy capture of the design along with the user constraints and fast verification of the optimized design with FineSim. The template- based design and organized characterization framework ease verification of the implementation generated by Titan ADX. Titan SDL enables the creation of a connectivity-aware layout using any language pcells. Cross-probing, flyline displays during move and wiring, check and update of design data and opens and shorts locator functions minimize the physical verification loop by ensuring a layout-vs.-schematic (LVS)-correct layout. Pattern-based device module generation accelerates the analog layout placement. Titan SDL also allows one instance to be bound to many instances between the schematic and layout. Titan LE provides a complete set of features to accomplish full-custom layout design in fewer clicks. Its high capacity and speed coupled with the embedded Talus digital implementation capabilities provides
Page 80 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary mixed-signal chip integration within a single environment. Titan LE also provides advanced features like live-DRC, automatic guard-ring creation, net tracing, pcell abutment and interactive wire creation that includes bus routing. Titan SBR provides constraints such as shielding, differential pair routing, star and matched routing, enabling this shape-based router to achieve highly precise analog routing results. Titan SBR can run on both the Titan and Talus database. The Titan platform is also integrated with the Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS physical verification tools. Design rule checking (DRC) can be performed on mixed-signal designs and also run in an incremental mode to speed DRC error fixing. FineSim Pro works with Titan to enable full-chip SPICE-level simulation and post-layout simulation with extracted parasitics. Availability Magma's Titan mixed-signal design platform will be available in August 2009. Click here to return to Contents
Mechanical Simulation Corporation Releases CarSim® 8 27 July 2009 Mechanical Simulation Corporation announces the July release of CarSim® 8.0 vehicle dynamics software which features improvements for both new and existing users. As CarSim usage has increased globally, the range of user skill levels has broadened extensively, according to Michael Sayers, Mechanical Simulation chief technology officer. “Automotive industry economic pressures require fewer engineers working more effectively to design, develop, and test vehicles in less time. Simulation is essential for testing chassis components and advanced electronic controls, because there is simply not enough time or resources to physically test every possible combination.” Some CarSim users have done extensive simulation work, and push the limits for analyzing complex procedures and scenarios. Yet, others use the software only occasionally, maybe just a few days per year. “Two objectives in developing CarSim 8 improvements were to simplify the learning needed by casual users, while at the same time, extending our support for advanced users,” said Sayers. “Capabilities that were available to experienced users are now automated, requiring only a few clicks to select vehicles and test procedures and to see the results.” A new database feature allows users to exchange encrypted datasets with other companies. “An OEM can provide a full CarSim vehicle description for a supplier to use in developing their component, without releasing proprietary engineering data about the vehicle,” says Sayers. “Likewise, a Tier 1 supplier can provide an encrypted future chassis system to a potential OEM customer.” CarSim 8 also includes significant improvements in the math models. According to Sayers, “CarSim is now being used to test advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). This testing not only involves the dynamic behavior of a vehicle, but also how radar, lidar and video sensors detect other traffic vehicles or objects such as pedestrians, parked cars, buildings, and so on. Advanced CarSim users have been simulating these systems before, but it required extra software. Many of our users are happy to see these capabilities built into CarSim 8, where they allow many scenarios to be rapidly defined for simulated testing.”
Page 81 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary CarSim 8 has other improvements, such as advanced powertrain dynamics, more details in the suspension, and support for new tire models. The representation of 3D road surfaces has been extended to support variable-width roads, such as lane merging or racetracks with wide curves. CarSim 8 also provides live runtime engineering data displays. Engineers in design, development, testing, and advanced safety activities use CarSim for simulating the dynamic vehicle behavior of cars, light trucks and utility vehicles. CarSim animates simulated tests and generates over 700 output variables that can be plotted and analyzed. The CarSim math models cover complete vehicle systems and inputs from the driver, ground and aerodynamics. Click here to return to Contents
Mentor Graphics Announces Linux and Nucleus Multi-OS Support for Marvell Sheeva Embedded Processors 30 July 2009 Mentor Graphics Corporation announced the availability of a combined open-source Linux and Nucleus® operating system (OS) solution for the Marvell® Sheeva™ MV78200 Dual-core Embedded Processor. “Our collaboration with Mentor Graphics’ embedded systems team has allowed Marvell to address the multi-OS needs of our customers using dual-core processors,” stated Dr. Simon Milner, vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Business Unit, Consumer and Communications Business Group at Marvell Semiconductor. “The performance and real time qualities of Mentor’s Nucleus OS complement the power and flexibility of Linux, while their tools and services give our mutual customers a boost in product development.” This dual operating system support was co-developed by Mentor and Marvell, a leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions providing processors for devices that require enterprise-class performance with low-power consumption. Applications include network controllers, switches and routers, high-performance storage, enterprise printers, DVRs, NVRs and video surveillance, and high-volume SMB gateways. “Our collaboration with Marvell delivers innovative system solutions that address the needs and requirements of our mutual customers today,” stated Glenn Perry, Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division general manager. “Multiple OSs on multicore SoCs, middleware, and services are critical for today’s low-power, high-performance devices, so we are excited about the breadth and depth of capabilities that can be realized with Marvell.” The MV78200 is a dual-core, high-performance, low-power, highly-integrated processor with the Marvell Sheeva CPU cores. Built on Marvell’s innovative Discovery™ system controller platform, the MV78200 is a complete System-on-Chip (SoC) solution, optimized for low power operation and ideally suited to a wide range of applications ranging from sophisticated routers, switches and wireless base stations to high-volume laser printer applications. Developers can use the dual OSs to manage separate functional requirements, yet allow them to easily and reliably communicate with each other. Mentor’s Nucleus OS is a fast, scalable and deterministic OS that can be used for operational tasks such as those required in printing drums and ink coverage for enterprise printers, whereas the Linux OS would be used for user interaction and communication. Click here to return to Contents
Page 82 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Mentor Graphics Announces Nucleus Graphics and Linux Platform for ARM Mali GPUs 30 July 2009 Mentor Graphics® Corporation announced the integration of its Nucleus® Graphics User Interface (GUI) with the ARM Mali graphics processing unit (GPU) family of acceleration solutions. The joint platform consists of Embedded Linux running on an ARM1176 processor with an integrated Mali-200 GPU. The tight integration of the Nucleus Graphics GUI solution with ARM’s optimized OpenGL ES device driver enables embedded designers to utilize the power of the GPU to deliver products with more compelling user interfaces. By integrating the Nucleus Graphics GUI solution with the Mali-200 GPU, it is now possible for graphic artists and usability specialists to exploit the potential of this advanced 3D accelerator. The Nucleus Graphics product abstracts the complexity of the OpenGL ES API to enable anyone to incorporate sophisticated 3D effects such as lighting, spinning, fading, twisting and zooming into their GUI designs without any programming knowledge. “OpenGL ES is a powerful but complex API and few GUI technologies available today are designed from the outset to accommodate 3D effects and layouts. As a result, getting the best out of a 3D accelerator has generally required a lot of manual embedded programming,” said Ian Smythe, director of marketing, Media Processing Division, ARM. “With this development, the Nucleus Graphics GUI solution enables anyone designing a GUI to make full use of Mali graphics acceleration capabilities.” “The ARM Mali family of acceleration solutions is ideal for embedded systems and it is the perfect platform for Nucleus Graphics,” said Glenn Perry, Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division general manager. “With our partnership with ARM, I expect to see a wide range of more dynamic and visually compelling products across the automotive, consumer, medical, and industrial markets over the next couple of years.” The ARM Mali-200 3D GPU incorporates a fully programmable vertex and fragment shader architecture, making it ideally suited to a range of applications – from advanced user interfaces and browsing experiences to console-quality gaming. For more information on the ARM Mali-200 3D GPU, visit the website at http://www.arm.com/products/multimedia/graphics.html. Graphical User Interface Targets Embedded Devices Nucleus Graphics is a 3D graphical user interface solution targeted specifically for embedded devices. It combines a highly optimized run time engine with a drag-and-drop GUI design tool, permitting compelling new embedded GUIs to be created, tested, refined and deployed quickly, without the need to modify any of the underlying application software. This “code free” approach affords greater differentiation without incurring the costs and delays normally associated with major GUI modifications. For information on Mentor Graphics embedded solutions, including the Nucleus Graphics user interface, go to http://www.mentor.com/embedded. Click here to return to Contents
Mentor Graphics Enables Android on Freescale Products Based on Power Architecture Technology, Reaching New Applications and Audiences 30 July 2009 Mentor Graphics Corporation through its acquisition of Embedded Alley, a leading provider of
Page 83 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary embedded Linux and Android solutions, announced that the company is extending the popular Android mobile applications platform to support Freescale’s QorIQ and PowerQUICC III processors, which are built on Power Architecture technology. Mentor now adds the Embedded Alley Development System to the ESD product offering, enabling device OEMs to deploy Android or Linux on devices built with these industry-leading Freescale products. With this new release for the Embedded Alley Development System, the company broadens its support for Android and also continues to grow the application space for the Google/OHA software stack. By supporting Android on QorIQ and PowerQUICC III processors, Mentor Graphics opens numerous industries and applications to Android deployment, including networking and network appliances, storage, printing and imaging, multimedia, and industrial control applications. “Mentor Graphics’ experience and know-how with Power Architecture technology and in-depth knowledge of the Android platform positions us as a strong ecosystem partner to Freescale and an ideal supplier to OEMs,” said Glenn Perry, Mentor Graphics general manager for the Embedded Systems Division. “Our support for Android on Freescale’s top Power Architecture processors brings a consumer-grade user interface and applications framework to new realms of intelligent devices and industrial equipment.” “Enabling Android for QorIQ and PowerQUICC III processors offers Freescale’s customers additional choices and flexibility to help enable differentiated end-user experiences,” said Kamal Khouri, senior manager, Platform Product Management for Freescale’s Networking and Multimedia Group. “Our collaboration with Mentor Graphics allows OEMs to build smart, feature-rich devices based on Freescale processors using either their own value-added applications or shrink-wrapped software from the Android Marketplace.” Mentor Graphics’ engineering and productization efforts to enable Android for processors built on Power Architecture technology begins with the integration of Android-specific Linux kernel patches (for 2.6.28), and encompasses a range of other investments that include: - Porting the Dalvik virtual machine underlying Android to Freescale’s PowerQUICC and QorIQ processors, including architecture and build support and comprehensive optimization for Dalvik acceleration - Extending Android bionic run-time library and linker support to accommodate Power Architecture technology - Utilizes SPE APU, and/or Power Architecture FPU performance enhancement across all software modules - Integrating and testing board support and industry-specific device drivers, CODECs and other middleware - Supporting Power Architecture technology in the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) and Android targets in the Mentor Graphics customizable Development System - Platform and integration testing of Android stack components and shrink-wrap Android applications Availability The Embedded Alley Development System for Android-based devices from Mentor Graphics will be available starting in August 2009. Based on the Open Handset Alliance “Cupcake” release of Android, the initial Mentor Graphics tool kit will include support for the Freescale MPC8536E development
Page 84 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary system, complemented by customer-tailored support from Mentor Graphics. Contact Mentor Graphics for more information at www.mentor.com/embedded. Click here to return to Contents
Mentor Graphics Underscores Low-Power Strategy with Vista Architecture-Level Power Solution 27 July 2009 Mentor Graphics Corporation emphasized its low-power strategy with the announcement of its fifth product platform this year with major new capabilities addressing low-power issues. The Mentor Graphics® Vista™ platform, for comprehensive architecture design and prototyping, now allows users to model, analyze and optimize power at the transaction level of abstraction. The Vista product joins other Mentor® products, including the Catapult® C high-level synthesis tool, the Questa® advanced functional verification platform, the Olympus-SoC™ place and route platform, and the HyperLynx® PI power analysis tools, that together provide an end-to-end solution for low-power design, verification and implementation. “Low power has become a main differentiator for the design of electronic systems,” said Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics. “Mentor’s low power strategy is to address power minimization on the total system at every stage of the design and verification flow, offering the most comprehensive suite of low power technologies so customers can implement precisely what they need.” The Vista Platform The Vista platform enables engineers to model power at the transaction architecture level using advanced power estimation policies long before an implementation becomes available, or annotate more accurate power behavior based on attributes of the technology process of the target implementation IP blocks. “Because our storage solutions are complex by nature, it is critical we understand the system requirements and capabilities before we choose a system architecture,” said Terry Doherty, engineer at Emulex. “Using Mentor’s Vista platform, we are able to model the system architecture early in the design process, quantify the system performance and identify architectural limitations. This allows us to get to an optimal system architecture quickly while meeting solution requirements. Without this level of analysis we would not have been able to predict system performance until the system was fielded.” The Mentor Vista platform of low-power electronic system level (ESL) design tools provides a “layered” behavioral, timing and power modeling design methodology coupled with the SystemC Transaction-level Modeling Standard (TLM-2.0) supported by the Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI). Vista offers an advanced design platform that allows chip designers and system architects to make viable decisions on hardware/software partitioning and architecture structures. With its advanced debug and analysis toolset, users can verify system-wide functionality, analyze and optimize systems under realistic traffic loads, and adjust system resources for optimal performance and power. Users can also explore various voltage scaling and shutdown techniques and apply the most efficient power management strategies. As a result, designers can ensure a cost-effective architecture with a suitable bandwidth that can carry the target application. Given the abstraction and fast simulation of the hardware representation, a model of the system can then be used as a virtual platform for early software development, analysis and validation, including the ability to profile power while executing application software.
Page 85 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary “Power has become one of the most pressing constraints in current applications,” said Guy Moshe, general manager and director of Mentor Graphics ESL/HDL design creation division. “We believe that managing power at the very early design stage, and way ahead of implementation, can offer high-value to our customers in their efforts to better differentiate their products while producing low-power devices.” About Mentor's ESL Design Tools Mentor provides an industry leading ESL design flow that spans from architecture-level design and prototyping using Vista to high-level synthesis using Catapult C. Mentor's ESL flow allows chip designers and system architects to optimize multi-core platforms for performance and power, delivers a virtual platform of the hardware to the software team early in the process and efficiently synthesizes high-level IP descriptions into RTL. Mentor's ESL solution is based on a scalable design methodology and market standards, and is tightly coupled with RTL design and verification flows. Product Availability The Vista platform is available for deployment at customer sites, effective immediately, and pricing begins at $100K. For more product information on the Vista Platform, contact your Mentor sales representative, call 1-800-547-3000, or visit the website at http://www.mentor.com/esl Click here to return to Contents
Optimize Machine Design With a Software Solution From Dassault Systèmes and Rockwell Automation 27 July 2009 Rockwell Automation and Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. (DS SolidWorks) plan to broaden their work together by developing a joint mechatronic solution for machine builders that helps allow mechanical, electrical and controls design engineers to work together to analyze, optimize, simulate and select machine designs in a virtual design and production environment before committing to a final machine design. Machine builders will benefit from the joint solution through increased machine value, improved machine sustainability, and greater innovation agility. The solution allows designers to test various component selections and designs virtually, rather than building and testing multiple physical prototypes. As a result, they can select the design that provides the highest machine throughput, thus improving the machine’s effectiveness. Designers also can focus on developing sustainable machines because they will be able to run efficiency analyses and select designs that decrease energy consumption and reduce waste. Similarly, they will have the ability to try new and creative options without incurring costs for building physical prototypes. This allows the engineers to select the optimal mix of cost savings and energy efficiency. “Many issues can arise during the initial design phase of a machine because there is a lack of collaboration and communication between mechanical and controls designers,” said John Pritchard, product marketing manager for Kinetix, Rockwell Automation. “We’re expanding our alliance with DS SolidWorks to develop a mechatronic design environment that will allow engineers to communicate throughout the design process and work together in an integrated design platform. The primary objective is to foster innovation while reducing costs and compressing the time it takes to design, develop and deliver reliable machines.”
Page 86 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Craig Therrien, product manager of DS SolidWorks, said “Our two companies have a shared vision of the benefits manufacturers could achieve when leveraging solutions that combine 3-D technology with automation control software. This mechatronic solution is a natural next step in our journey together. We are looking forward to the opportunity to help designers use our complementary technologies to improve the work they’re doing.” Scheduled for release this fall, the joint solution moves Rockwell Automation one step closer toward creating a virtual design and production environment that helps manufacturers collaborate seamlessly through the full design life cycle. The new solution will link mechanical design with controls design by integrating SolidWorks design software from DS SolidWorks with Rockwell Automation Motion Analyzer software. As a result, machine builders can expect shorter lead times and reduced risk by predicting the likely outcome of design changes before committing to a physical prototype. The partnership between Rockwell Automation and DS SolidWorks began in late 2007. Last fall, the companies announced availability of their first joint solution – a virtual design and production utility that merges virtual simulation and automation for production. Rockwell Automation, Inc. is dedicated to industrial automation and information. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs about 20,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries. For more information about the joint Rockwell Automation and DS SolidWorks mechatronic solution, please visit www.rockwellautomation.com/partners/dassault.html Click here to return to Contents
PROSTEP Enhances Its Data Exchange Portal OpenDXM® GlobalX July 2009 PROSTEP AG, a leading provider of product data exchange solutions, has unveiled a number of new functions for its OpenDXM® GlobalX data exchange portal that make working with the solution even easier and more convenient than ever. The new Version 6.1.8 of the successful OpenDXM® GlobalX portal offers a number of new and improved features which, for example, help maintain a clear overview of data exchange operations. It is now possible to copy and move files and folders, group users according to organizational unit and display unique transaction numbers from other source systems, which improves process transparency and makes it much easier to trace data back to its source. A number of new functions also make it possible to perform day-to-day work faster and more easily: Files can be opened automatically once they have been loaded, and reports can be saved as CSV files, which allows them to be processed further with, for example, Excel®. The option of storing files as XML or PDF files is planned for the next version. Other new features include extended rights management, a role concept for file attachments and the central tracking of all initiated and executing transfer operations, to name just a few. More detailed information about OpenDXM® GlobalX is available on the PROSTEP website. About PROSTEP AG PROSTEP AG is a leading PLM integration specialist in the area of product data integration. The
Page 87 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary company offers customers from the aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding and mechanical engineering industries – including EADS/AIRBUS, BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler – integration solutions for CAD, PDM and supplier communication, thus making e-engineering a reality. The PROSTEP Group has a current headcount of more than 250 in Germany, France and the USA. In addition to its headquarters in Darmstadt, PROSTEP also maintains branch offices in Berlin, Bexbach, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg and Wuppertal, as well as Lyon (France) and Troy, Michigan (USA). Click here to return to Contents
Synopsys Introduces Galaxy 2009 with 2x Faster Throughput 28 July 2009 Synopsys, Inc. introduced the latest release of its Galaxy™ Implementation Platform delivering 2x faster design implementation and signoff throughput with new multicore performance and multi-corner/multi- mode (MCMM) technologies. Built-in support for multicore processing across the Galaxy Platform enables engineering teams to immediately boost runtime performance using their existing compute servers. Additionally, the Galaxy Platform includes new MCMM technology providing improved quality of results and faster design closure when using a combined Design Compiler® Graphical and IC Compiler flow. The Galaxy 2009 release is available now. In March 2008, Synopsys announced a broad multicore initiative to deploy advanced parallel, threaded and other optimized compute technologies across its verification, implementation and manufacturing platforms to reduce time-to-results. The most recent result of this initiative is the expansion of the Galaxy Platform with multicore technology to deliver 2x faster performance for design implementation and signoff. Multicore technologies being introduced today with the Design Compiler synthesis, TetraMAX® automatic test pattern generation (ATPG), IC Compiler place-and-route, IC Validator physical verification, Star-RCXT™ extraction and PrimeTime® static timing analysis solutions deliver breakthrough productivity and faster design closure. Measurable performance improvements deploying these technologies include: • Design Compiler: 1.5x faster runtime with four processor cores • IC Compiler: 2.5x faster runtime with MCMM using four cores • Star-RCXT: 3x faster performance using four cores and 8x faster using 16 cores • PrimeTime: 50 percent faster, on average, for typical production flows compared with the previous release. In addition, a faster run mode in PrimeTime ideal for early signal integrity analysis delivers 2x faster runtime, on average. • TetraMAX: 3x faster performance with four cores and 6x faster performance with eight cores • IC Validator: near-linear scalability with 7x speedup using eight cores and 20x speedup using 25 cores. New MCMM synthesis technology in Design Compiler Graphical, a component of Synopsys' Eclypse™ Low Power Solution, supports concurrent optimization for worst-case leakage and timing corners. Design Compiler uses a common multi-scenario definition with IC Compiler. Actual design results have shown 10 percent lower leakage when using MCMM optimization with a combined Design Compiler and IC Compiler flow. PrimeTime's Distributed Multi-Scenario Analysis (DMSA) capability has been
Page 88 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary extended to deliver a more comprehensive set of engineering change orders (ECOs) for both setup and hold timing violations, thus minimizing late-stage iterations in the design process. "With the increasing complexity and diversity of system-on-chip designs, faster, unified implementation solutions are essential," said Bijan Kiani, vice president of product marketing, Design and Manufacturing Products, at Synopsys. "Galaxy 2009 delivers faster runtime performance with comprehensive multicore and MCMM support for better quality of results and faster design closure. As a result, engineers are able to achieve higher productivity on their most challenging designs." Galaxy Implementation Platform The Galaxy Implementation Platform is a comprehensive solution for cell-based and custom IC implementation. Galaxy accepts design intent in industry standard formats and generates a production- ready IC design in GDSII format. Galaxy RTL and physical implementation concurrently balance design constraints by performing intelligent tradeoffs between speed, area, power, test and manufacturability. Galaxy signoff engines accurately model complex physical interactions to ensure signal and power integrity. Coherent algorithms for parasitic extraction and timing produce correlated results. Click here to return to Contents
Think3 and 3Dconnexion Agree to Technology and Sales Partnership 30 July 2009 Think3 applications support 3Dconnexion 3D mice with immediate effect; user of both companies will benefit from sales activities Think3 and 3Dconnexion entered a comprehensive partnership agreement. The cooperation includes both the support of the 3D mice through the ThinkDesign Styling, Engineering and Tooling applications and common sales activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. User of the think3 software product range ThinkDesign are able to instantly access to all advantages of the 3D mice. They allow the navigation in three dimensions with six degrees of freedom, enabling a precise object control. Since the 3Dconnexion 3D mice are used complementary to standard mice, the time consuming change between standard mouse and keyboard is unnecessary. The result is a streamlined workflow without interruptions. Through the precise navigation, the models can be viewed from every perspective. Possible weak spots or faults on the object can be recognized and solved faster. Think3 and 3Dconnexion customer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland also benefit from temporary sales activities. Thus they can purchase all professional 3Dconnexion products, SpacePilot PRO, SpacePilot und SpaceExplorer, with a saving of 25 percent. “Think3 has a large customer base in Central Europe. Through the combined use with our 3D mice, ThinkDesign user can optimize their applications as well as their workflow, and thereby increase the productivity,” said Dieter Neujahr, president of 3Dconnexion. “Furthermore we offer attractive proposals to ease the use of our professional 3D input devices.” “Think3 suite for the Process of Product Development (PPD) provides the most powerful 3D tools and PLM data management environment” stated Silvano Joly, Vice President Worldwide Marketing at think3. “But in these times, that have been named ‘the age of turbulence’, it is not enough for Companies to be effective and reliable in the engineering department, they must control and contain the total cost of ownership of their PPD platform too. And think3 is not only providing products “that
Page 89 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary works” but is also ensuring a short learning time, a rapid conversion of existing legacy data and an excellent interaction with third parties. With 3Dconnexion’s 3D mice these advantages can exploit enabling customers to rapidly achieve their objectives and respect their ROI plans.” SpacePilot PRO, SpacePilot and SpaceExplorer are certified for the use with the software solutions ThinkDesign Styling, ThinkDesign Engineering and ThinkDesign Tooling version 2009.1. Further information is available at the 3Dconnexion web shop: http://www.3dconnexion.com/buy/onlinestore.php. ThinkDesign & 3Dconnexion promotion - Ask for the promotion code to [email protected] - The promotion code will give you the opportunity to access the 3Dconnexion web shop for the agreed ThinkDesign promotion; - The code is valid from 1-Jul till 31-Oct 2009 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland - The code gives 25% discount on all available 3Dx products For further information send an email to [email protected]. About 3Dconnexion 3Dconnexion provides advanced and affordable 3D mice that are supported by more than 130 of today’s leading and powerful 3D applications, including Autodesk Inventor, Adobe Acrobat 3D, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended, Autodesk Maya, Google Earth, SketchUp and Second Life Grid Platform. For a complete list of applications supported by 3Dconnexion, visit: http://www.3Dconnexion.com/solutions/cad/all_sup_app.php. Unlike mice confined to motion on one flat plane, 3Dconnexion’s 3D mice enable design engineers to move in all three dimensions simultaneously, with the ability to pan, zoom and rotate camera views without stopping to select commands. By gently lifting, pressing and turning the controller cap, graphic professionals can intuitively control their 3D design environment, with automatically synchronized camera positions for various view projections to minimize unnecessary camera movement. The entire 3Dconnexion product line, including the Standard Series with the SpaceNavigator Personal Edition (MSRP $59), SpaceNavigator Standard Edition (MSRP $99), SpaceNavigator for Notebooks (MSRP $129); and the Professional Series with the SpaceExplorer (MSRP $299), SpacePilot (MSRP $399) and SpacePilot PRO (MSRP $499) are available from professional CAD resellers and major online resellers including Amazon, Buy.com, CDW, Dell, and PC Mall. For a complete list of resellers or to buy directly, visit http://www.3Dconnexion.com. Click here to return to Contents
True Engineering Technology Re-Invents The Number 29 July 2009 Numbers play a critical role in every organization, from product design and development to manufacturing, science, education and finance. Yet numbers remain plain, unformatted text that most organizations struggle to find, format, manage and verify across desktop applications including email, Excel and PowerPoint.
Page 90 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary "It's almost unbelievable that -- in an era where most information is intrinsically connected via the Web - - we haven't yet developed a better way of managing numbers, one of the most important types of information," noted Allen Razdow, founder of True Engineering Technology. Razdow, the inventor of Mathcad, the most widely-used engineering software and a co-founder of Mathsoft, founded True Engineering Technology to address the challenges created by unstructured numbers for knowledge workers. Razdow and his team have developed a new semantic technology that elevates numbers from their static existence into a rich, meaningful data type that can be embedded in documents and workflows, resulting in a Web-friendly approach to numbers that makes it easy to quickly create, format, classify, store and discover numbers, in any kind of document. The company today unveiled a set of tools that make it easy to represent numbers as machine-readable, URL-like data called truenumbers™. Like URLs, truenumbers are live and connected throughout any desktop application in which they reside, and add value to numerical content by providing units, tolerance information, the properties or attributes they measure, source information and more. "URLs and RSS have shown how much impact adding a bit of semantics to common data types can have. Doing the same for something as critical as numbers can have a transformative effect on desktop computing," added Razdow. Ricardo Garcia is an Aircraft Structural Analyst for Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), a US Navy Command providing engineering, development, testing, evaluation, in-service support, and program management capabilities to deliver airborne weapons systems. An early adopter of truenumber technology, Garcia noted: "When you are keeping a fleet of sophisticated military airplanes flying to support US combat troops, confusion over a simple calculation that goes unchecked can have catastrophic results. With truenumbers, we will be able to manage and share critical data including design parameters and materials properties, ensuring that anyone on the team can easily get the most up- to-date information available at any time, from anywhere." Product Lifecycle Management systems (PLM) are invaluable for structuring big engineering projects, but until truenumbers, nothing has been able to reach into the ordinary documents and emails engineers communicate with day to day to get a handle on the critical data and design intent locked inside. As soon as engineers start using truenumbers, traceability, re-use and compliance in their organizations increase, and ROI on document management, PLM and other IT goes up accordingly. Bruce Jenkins, founder and CEO of Ora Research and one of the engineering industry's foremost market analysts noted: "True Engineering Technology recognizes that the real value in numbers is the numbers themselves and their pedigree, and not the document or application they are stored in -- it's the first solution I've seen that effectively unlocks the content from the container. Truenumbers essentially combines numerical representation and data management, providing significant value to numbers-driven organizations that struggle with knowledge capture, re-use, error reduction, traceability and productivity." Product Details and Availability True Engineering Technology's solution includes client-side applications for creating and working with truenumbers in desktop applications as well as a server-based numberspace™ repository. Anyone can create truenumbers for use in HTML-enabled applications such as email, PowerPoint, Word and Excel using the free Create a Number application at http://www.truenum.com. Registered users can access and store truenumbers in the free, public numberspace repository. Organizations that require privacy, system
Page 91 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary integration and enterprise features, can purchase an enterprise appliance directly from the company. True Engineering Technology, LLC Founded by Mathcad inventor and Mathsoft co-founder Allen Razdow, True Engineering Technology enables an open, standard approach for representation engineering knowledge, as well as solutions and professional services specifically designed to improve engineering productivity, accuracy and auditability. True Engineering Technology is revolutionizing the millions of engineering numbers that are otherwise locked in desktop applications (Word, Excel, PDF, email, etc.) and engineering software. For more information see http://www.truenum.com. Click here to return to Contents
Vero Launch VISI 17 24 July 2009 Vero Software, announced the latest release of its flagship product VISI 17. The latest developments see further emphasis on end-user productivity in all areas of the product. The system graphics have been dramatically improved after major development collaboration with both AMD and Nvidia. The use of VBO's (vertex buffer objects) on the ATI FirePro and Nvidia GeForce graphics boards have returned exceptional software gains. In benchmark testing, results have shown the frame-per-second (FPS) rate jump from 5.5 > 146.2 for a 70MB dataset and 9.9 > 238.1 for a 118MB dataset. CAD enhancements include model thickness analysis which allows the user to identify the thickest and thinnest areas of the model and help validate the model integrity, highlighting any potential areas that may cause internal voids, surface sink marks, unpredictable shrink rates and ultimately, longer cycle times. Further developments include intelligent body/face mating, improved annotation, updated printing and numerous improvements to the management of drawing files. One of the more significant is the ability to import pages from other work files and re-build the link between the solid geometry. This allows multiple users to share the same 3D design with each designer creating their own drawing pages - adding views, sections, annotations, balloons etc on separate workstations. When the pages have been completed, they can be loaded back into the master file and all links to the original 3D data are reconnected. CAM developments include enhancements to geometry feature recognition with the ability to recognise complex and simple holes on both solid & surface models. The feature recognition has also been extended to recognise features from a predefined direction and find features within a localised user- defined region. The separation of passes & linking will increase productivity and reduce calculation time. The user will now be able to inspect the toolpath quality before building the HSM linking movements. Continued development on the CAM engine have produced time saving results of over 80% reduction in calculation time for combined waterline, 30% reduction for rest machining and over 15% reduction for raster clearance. Incremental stock, automatic toolpath tilting and further improvements to multi axis machining guarantees another step forward for Vero's innovative CAM solution. VISI Flow has been further developed with the emphasis placed on the continued integration of plastic
Page 92 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary flow technology into a real CAD environment. VISI Flow uses a patented hexahedral hybrid mesh technology to provide accurate results with analyses run directly from the CAD model. Benefits include limited or no model preparation and the inclusion of feeding and cooling channels to the calculation. Importantly, the channel definition includes both geometrical and thermal proprieties. Along with gas- assist, sequential, and co-injection moulding simulations, VISI Flow also offers simulation for over- moulding and cross-linking polymers including liquid silicone rubbers. VISI Mould also benefits from the VISI Flow integration with the inclusion of a combined material database containing over 7,000 materials. Model shrinkage, based on material and other flow properties are automatically attached to the model ready for filling simulation. A new tool for the design of runners and gates provides the user with an interactive method to construct the injection circuit. The designer can select the type of gate from a parametric library and trace the channel sequence back to the sprue bush or hot runner with the result automatically validated for plastic flow analysis. VISI Progress, a dedicated solution for the metal stamping industry has been updated with focussed development on complex multi-step forming for deep drawing components - based on both analytic and FEA solvers. 3D strip construction has also been improved with the ability to parametrically modify the strip layout parameters (step, strip width), so that the system will automatically update the previously constructed punch geometry and rebuild the strip. This additional functionality provides the user with the freedom to simulate and understand live changes to the strip layout. A new collaboration with CADENAS, the largest external library of 3D standard components will benefit both VISI Progress and VISI Mould users. CADENAS PARTsolutions has over 500 library suppliers, covering thousands of components for multiple market sectors. The integration of CADENAS PARTsolutions into VISI17 will enable tool makers to shorten design times by providing access to readily available standard components for their mould or die assemblies. Click here to return to Contents
Virage Logic Extends IP Technology Leadership to the 32/28nm Process 28 July 2009 Virage Logic Corporation announced it has extended its advanced IP technology leadership to the 32/28- nanometer process node with the tape out of a product test chip with multiple IPs optimized for a high performance application for an early adopter customer. The product test chip has advanced power management and at-speed test capabilities to address the power and yield challenges of 32/28nm and smaller geometries. In addition to the product test chip, Virage Logic has also taped out multiple 32nm test chips at leading foundries. Because of Virage Logic's track record of success at the 40nm process technology that includes multiple customers in production, the early adopter customer selected Virage Logic to leverage the power management capabilities of the SiWare™ Memory compilers and advanced embedded memory test and repair capabilities of the STAR™ Memory System for their first 32/28nm chip. "Every new process node brings new manufacturing challenges that can impact overall design schedules and time to yield. At the advanced process nodes such as 32/28nm, the industry's leaders will carefully select partners that enable them to proceed with confidence," said Brani Buric, executive vice president of marketing and sales at Virage Logic. "With more than ten 40nm customers, Virage Logic has once again proven that it has the technology leadership and know-how to provide its customers with early access to IP that meets their SoC design performance, cost and yield/ramp to volume goals."
Page 93 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary About Virage Logic's Memory and Logic Products The SiWare product line, first introduced in October 2007 for the 65nm process and now in use by more than 10 customers on the 40nm process, has been proven to address the increasingly complex design requirements that are placed on physical IP at advanced processes. The power-optimized memories for advanced processes minimize both static and dynamic power consumption and provide optimal yields. SiWare High-Density memory compilers are optimized to generate memories with the absolute minimum area. SiWare High-Speed memory compilers are designed to help designers achieve the most aggressive critical path requirements. Compile-time options for process threshold variants, power saving modes, read and write margin extensions, ultra-low voltage operation, and innovative design for at- speed test enable SoC designers to configure optimal solutions for their specific design requirements. All SiWare memories are fully supported by Virage Logic's STAR Memory System, the company's flagship embedded memory test and repair system that may be used with Virage Logic memories as well as with other commercially available or internally developed memories. For repair purposes, the STAR Memory System deploys foundry-developed eFuse for repair signature storage. The STAR Memory System employs test algorithms tailored for advanced processes for higher product reliability and accelerated time-to-yield. The SiWare Logic product line includes yield-optimized standard cells for a wide variety of design applications at 40nm with multiple threshold process variants. SiWare Logic libraries offer three separate architectures to optimize circuits for Ultra-High-Density, High-Speed, or general use. SiWare Logic Ultra-Low-Power extension libraries also provide designers with the most advanced power management capabilities. Virage Logic at DAC Virage Logic will be a featured partner in TSMC's Open Innovation Platform™ booth (#822) at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) being held July 27-30, 2009, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California. The company will be showcasing its broad portfolio of highly differentiated IP and will have its IP experts available to answer questions. For further information about Virage Logic's highly differentiated IP product portfolio please visit http://www.viragelogic.com or email Virage Logic at [email protected]. Click here to return to Contents
Virage Logic Introduces Volume Production-Proven SiPro™ PCI Express PHY IP 28 July 2009 Virage Logic Corporation announced its new offering, a silicon and volume production-proven 40- nanometer (nm) G PCI Express Gen1/Gen2 Physical Layer (PHY). The SiPro™ PCI Express PHY product line represents the first offering in Virage Logic's advanced interface IP SiPro product portfolio that is a result of its collaboration with AMD announced in January 2009. This agreement grants Virage Logic the rights to license and modify certain AMD standards-based advanced interface IP that was designed for and used in the 40nm ATI Radeon™ graphics products from AMD. "Our relationship with AMD has enabled us to accelerate the expansion of our broad product portfolio with production-proven standards-based IP for PCI Express," said Kamalesh Ruparel, vice president and general manager, Application Specific IP (ASIP) solutions, Virage Logic. "As the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, we are committed to helping our customers reduce risk and speed new
Page 94 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary product development, particularly at the advanced nodes such as 40nm. The introduction of SiPro PCI Express PHY is yet another example of how we are delivering on that commitment." The Virage Logic SiPro PCI Express PHY is based on the successful implementation by AMD at 65nm, 55nm and 40nm, where it has been used in high-volume production for PC-oriented chipsets and graphics adaptors. PCI Express standards are typically used in high-performance applications delivering large amounts of data from point-to-point, including storage, servers, networking, communications, high-end video applications and add-on PC cards. "AMD has a long history with Virage Logic and views them as a trusted provider of highly differentiated physical IP," said Chekib Akrout, corporate vice president, Central Engineering, AMD. "Virage Logic has made a long-standing commitment to providing high-quality advanced semiconductor IP solutions and AMD's internally designed, production-proven IP is the perfect complement to Virage Logic's comprehensive product offering." About Virage Logic's SiPro PCI Express PHY The Virage Logic SiPro PCI Express Gen1/Gen2 Physical Layer (PHY) has been production proven in high-performance, low power and high-volume implementations at the most advanced process nodes to lower cost, improve performance and reduce power for complex SoC or ASIC designs. The Virage Logic SiPro PCI Express PHY is silicon proven and optimized for mass production, rigorously verified and characterized to reduce risk, improve time-to-market and maximize yield. Availability and Pricing The Virage Logic SiPro PCI Express Gen1/Gen2 PHY is available immediately for licensing on the industry's leading commercial bulk 40nm process node. For more information on licensing options and pricing, please contact your local Virage Logic sales representative. For more information about SiPro PCI Express Gen1/Gen2 PHY visit http://www.viragelogic.com/render/content.asp?pageid=821. Click here to return to Contents
ZWSOFT Announces Release of ZWCAD 2009i 30 July 2009 ZWCAD Software Co., Ltd., a leading supplier of CAD platforms, announced the availability of ZWCAD 2009i software. The latest release of ZWCAD introduces new capabilities to help users tackle their most challenging design problems, including automatic paper space, plot stamps, improved CTB support, and the top requests from international ZWCAD users. What's New in ZWCAD 2009i? The operating stability has been highly improved based on feedback from customers and by using an automatic testing system where more than 20,000 drawings are employed to ensure program stability. Productivity while editing complex drawings has been greatly improved with faster stretching and deleting of complex entities. This speed enhancement enables designers to work more efficiently. The highlight of ZWCAD 2009i is plotting, as requested by customers. New plotting features include support for paper space, plot stamps, and settings in CTB files. Objects to be printed can be placed in paper space. With the help of plot stamps, drafters can add useful information along the edges of the
Page 95 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary plotted media, such as drawing names, dates and times, and plot scales. CTB files allow you to specify line end styles, line join styles, and fill styles. "By providing customers with the powerful 2D design tools, ZWSOFT enables them to stretch the limits of their creativity. This was our priority for the 2009i release of ZWCAD," said Joh Li, director of ZWSOFT R&D Department. "We added the features most highly requested by our customers to the ZWCAD software, such as enhanced capabilities of custom line end styles, line join styles, and fill styles -- as well as the new 2D function-paper space. Taken together, the new version of ZWCAD provides the power and flexibility our customers have been demanding to take their documentation and design further." ZWCAD 2009i Online Survey The aim of this survey is to identify the level of utilization of ZWCAD 2009i, improve the functionality of ZWCAD and meet the requirements of international ZWCAD users. During this survey, ZWSOFT will draw out a number of lucky attendees, and award each of them with a free license of ZWCAD. Lucky attendees will be notified on September 15, 2009. Click to do the survey: http://tinyurl.com/nteno4 Your suggestions or comments about ZWCAD 2009i will be highly appreciated. About ZWSOFT ZWSOFT is headquartered in Guangzhou, China, with branches in Beijing, Shanghai, and Wuhan. As a leading supplier of CAD software solution, the company employs about 360 staff and is supported by an international network of highly skilled strategic partners, distributors, and resellers. ZWCAD is ZWSOFT's flagship product. It meets the needs of a broad base of target groups in 2D/3D design industries with 150,000 users throughout the world. ZWCAD is the leading brand in China's CAD industry, and it competes successfully in over other 75 countries. Click here to return to Contents
Page 96