Flormerics' software reduces time to market

An independent survey found that users of thermal-analysis software have over 40% fewer respins on average per printed circuit board (PCB) design than non-users.

An independent survey by the Aberdeen Group found that users of Flomerics' thermal analysis software complete thermal design verification three times faster and have over 40% fewer respins on average per printed circuit board (PCB) design than non-users.

The survey shows that 65% of Flomerics' users have only one re-spin, 24% have two, 11% have three and none have 4 or more.

For companies not using Flomerics' software, only 13% have one re-spin, 34% have two, 48% have three, and 5% have four or more.

The survey also showed that Flomerics' customers are ahead of the industry curve in performing thermal design reviews, with 47% saying they perform "real-time" reviews and 32% "daily" reviews.

For companies not using Flomerics' software, only 11% perform real-time reviews, 5% perform daily reviews, 8% perform monthly reviews, 42% perform ad-hoc reviews and 26% never carry out thermal design reviews at all.

These results are significant because the top pressure in the electronics business - cited by 53% of electronics manufacturers in Aberdeen's benchmark surveys - is decreasing time to market.

This is followed by the need to improve productivity (45%), driven by the need to reduce cost as well as time.

"We are delighted to have the benefits of our thermal software products confirmed by independent research", says Dr Mike Reynell, Director of Marketing for Flomerics.

"Our products reduce thermal analysis time and re-spins by promoting a conceptual design process that integrates electrical and mechanical design, enabling early resolution of component placement and thermal issues - a capability that is proving critical for design of high-performance electronics".

Flomerics' promotes an integrated analysis environment that includes Flo/PCB for board-level thermal analysis, Flotherm for system and component-level thermal analysis, and Flo/EMC for electromagnetic compatibility analysis.

Flomerics also partners with companies such as Cadence, Parametric Technology, and Dassault Systemes to build more integrated design solutions for the marketplace.

The Aberdeen Group survey examined the electronic design procedures, experiences, and intentions of about 170 electronics companies between December 2006 and January 2007.

The responding companies compete in industrial electronics (41%), wireless communications (29%), design services (25%), computer peripherals (19%), data storage (15%), medical devices (14%), desktop PCs (7%) and optical devices (4%).

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