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North American Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) Tools Market for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design
Frost & Sullivan, Dec 2005
Dense and Vast Circuitry Designs Drive CAE Tools for PCB Designs
The increasing number of layers on printed circuit boards (PCBs) that have numerous components and increasing interconnects require the use of enhanced simulation tools, which in turn is boosting the computer aided engineering (CAE) tools market. Besides the fact that placing components on such PCBs is both difficult and time consuming, there is also a need to tackle the problems of heat generation and gigahertz speed rates. CAE tools that facilitate this process by being sturdy on PCB components as well as being able to reduce the testing time for such circuit operations are anticipated to be in great demand as the technology grows.
ThisFrost & Sullivan research service examines the North American market for CAE tools in PCB design. It provides detailed insights into recent developments and trends in this field. The study also discusses the prevailing market drivers and industry challenges and provides an overview of the market revenues and shares.
Complex Design Issues and Development Cycles Challenge the Growth of the CAE Market
With a trend toward 90 nanometer (nm) processes, end-user companies are beginning to recognize the importance of CAE tools, which are proving capable of addressing the complex design issues involved in 90 nm technology nodes. Issues such as power and signal integrity are expected to affect the 90 nm node more than the 130 nm node, and at such critical levels, bridging hardware and software is a challenge, says the analyst of this research service. Participants are looking to CAE to address this concern.
However, complex PCB designs lengthen the process for verification and debugging of components, which in turn, increases the development costs of CAE tools related to the 90-nm technology and pushes their time to market. Nonetheless, as technology advances, the CAE market is likely to overcome this development issue and create more cost-effective, quality design tools.
Software Updates and Resourceful Maintenance Techniques Likely to be a Major Source of Revenues
CAE market participants are heavily investing on delivering valuable software updates that address most of their end users’ requirements in order to effectively penetrate the market with highly-reliable tools that satisfy more than one end-user requirement, says the analyst. This results in not only an expanding customer base, but also an increasing demand for long-term, reliable post-sale services to the PCB industry. Thus, providing updates and establishing efficient maintenance of software tools across geographically distributed regions is set to raise the revenues in the CAE market.
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