I agree, there's no harm in listing what is out there... Has anyone mentioned Sigrity? I believe their power plane analysis tool is very good. (We have SpecctraQuest; the excellent integration with Cadence Allegro being a major factor) Richard >>> "Todd Westerhoff (twesterh)" <twesterh@xxxxxxxxx> 15/04/2004 2:58:23 p.m. >>> I agree with those who say the subject is too broad for any "one size fits all" response. By way of tools, however, there is one I'd like to add to the list: SiSoft's SI-Auditor, which combines static timing & signal integrity analysis Todd. Todd Westerhoff High Speed Design Specialist Cisco Systems 1414 Massachusetts Ave - Boxboro, MA - 01719 email:twesterh@xxxxxxxxx ph: 978-936-2149 ============================================ "You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas; I am strong, when I am on your shoulders; You raise me up ... to more than I can be" - Josh Groban, "You Raise Me Up" ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify Allied Telesyn Research Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender has the authority to issue and specifically states them to be the views of Allied Telesyn Research. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu