The newest version of Ansoft HFSS v11 was officially released today at the 2007 IMS conference held in Honolulu Hawaii. The new version of HFSS provides better accuracy and performance than previous versions according to Ansoft. Some of the new features in HFSS v11 are

• Ability to simulate larger structures (multipe wavelengths) in a more efficient manner.
• Revised port solver which can simulate lower frequencies and has a lower noise floor.
• Genetic algorithm optimization as part of Optimetrics.

For all the newest features of Ansoft HFSS v11, please visit the HFSS website at http://ansoft.com/products/hf/hfss/.

“The new technology in HFSS v11 allows our customers to perform massive simulations of structures that were simply too large to solve previously,” said Dr. Zoltan Cendes, Ansoft’s chairman and chief technology officer. “Designers of high-frequency and high-speed components now have the ability to explore electromagnetic performance over a range of dimensions, orientations, material parameters and frequencies and hence to gain design insights that were not possible before.”

Ansoft is a leading developer of high-performance electronic design automation (EDA) software. Engineers use Ansoft software to design state-of-the-art electronic products, such as cellular phones, Internet-access devices, broadband networking components and systems, integrated circuits (ICs), printed circuit boards (PCBs), automotive electronic systems and power electronics. Ansoft markets its products worldwide through its own direct sales force and has comprehensive customer-support and training offices throughout North America, Asia and Europe. For more information, please visit http://www.ansoft.com.

HFSS v11 is available on the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows XP Professional; Windows XP x64 Edition; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition; Red Hat Enterprise Linux v3 and v4; and Solaris 8, 9 and 10.