Ansoft's SIMPLORER Software Wins AEI Tech 2002 Award

    PITTSBURGH--March 19, 2002--The editors of Automotive Engineering International (AEI) presented Ansoft Corporation with an AEI Tech 2002 Award at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress, held in Detroit, Michigan, the week of March 4 through 8.
    AEI editors, who give the award annually to companies that feature top new products and technologies at the show, awarded Ansoft for its new release of SIMPLORER(R), a sophisticated multidomain simulation package for the design of electrical and electromechanical systems in automotive power electronics and industrial automation.
    "The award reinforces the overwhelming response to our integrated design solutions for the automotive community," said Uwe Knorr, Ansoft's Product Marketing Director, SIMPLORER. "Hundreds of engineers came to see our products and were enthusiastic about the new possibilities in terms of model generation, ease of use, and interoperability. SIMPLORER's unique combination of powerful simulation algorithms and links to other design tools provides engineers with a great opportunity to streamline their design processes."
    Based on a unique simulator coupling technology, SIMPLORER provides exceptional simulation speed, high accuracy, and numerical stability. Its intuitive graphical user interface allows a fast and easy model generation using three modeling languages: electrical circuits, block diagrams, and state machines.
    To learn more about SIMPLORER, please visit www.ansoft.com/products/em/simplorer.

    About AEI

    Automotive Engineering International is the leading global source for vehicle technology and product information. The magazine is dedicated to serving the technical information needs of automotive OEM professionals charged with designing, developing, and producing the industry's vehicles and its systems. For more information on AEI, and to see a complete list of Tech 2002 Award recipients, visit www.sae.org/automag/index.htm.

    About Ansoft

    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 www.ansoft.com.