ADIVA is the number one tool used for the Validation of PCB Designs. ADIVA tools have made a tremendous impact at many large and small companies in the field of Design and Manufacturing Analysis. We have been involved with the Design and Engineering world since 1987, selling and supporting our Engineering Design Validation tools.

CUSTOMERS include HP, Sun MicroSystems, Motorola, Lockheed Martin, Compaq, IBM, Agilent, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Juniper Networks and Cisco, who are a few of the companies successfully using ADIVA tools.

ADIVA TOOLS build the board using the manufacturing data (not the design data) in software. This virtual board is processed through the full range of Net List Compare, Design Rules Check (DRC), Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and a set of Signal Integrity (SI) verifications.

PLATFORMS supported include Sun Solaris, HP UX, IBM AIX, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. We use the same floating license configuration as most of the major design systems on the market today, Globetrotter FLEXLM.

INTERFACES are available for all available CAD systems by using extracted Gerber data, drill files, net lists and aperture lists. We have fully integrated our system into the Mentor and Cadence menus to automate the entire process as well as displaying any discrepancies that we find directly back into the CAD database.

ADIVA is also a member of the Mentor OpenDoor and Cadence Connections Programs.

INSTALLATION is simple and easy. Our software tools come complete and ready to install. You don't need to spend money or time writing scripts or customizing the software to work at you site. All variable data including DRC and DFM checks are table driven and user configurable.

If you would like to send us your circuit board data, we will run a benchmark and FTP the results back to you. If you are interested, just let me know which CAD system you are using - Mentor, Allegro, PADS, etc.

ADIVA was established in 1982 as a Design Services company. Automata Inc., a Printed Circuit Board manufacturer located in Sterling, Virginia, purchased ADIVA in 1986. The company was moved into Automata's headquarters Automata began to market "design and build" capability to their customers.

During this time, we noticed that some designs had problems in manufacturing and assembly, even though the design had passed all of the CAD system checks. ADIVA began to develop software tools to catch these problems before the designs hit the manufacturing floor. These tools became so useful that Automata demonstrated them to prospective customers as part of their "Build a Better Board" strategy. Several of these customer expressed an interest in using the tool themselves in order to strengthen their own designs.

In 1987 it was decided to spin ADIVA out of Automata as a stand alone Design Service. As a separate entity, ADIVA was finally able to begin selling the software tools which it had developed for Automata. Several OEM's partnered with ADIVA to turn the tools into a commercial package. This was completed in 1992. At this time ADIVA decided to focus exclusively on development and marketing of its design validation tools. For the last 10 years ADIVA, in partnership with its customers, has transformed itself into the leading supplier of PCB Design Validation tools in the industry,

With the start of the new millennium, the focus is to validate performance and signal integrity of the Designs. Our partners tell us that signal integrity and signal performance are critical issues for which better validation tools are needed. While our tool set already contains a significant amount of signal integrity, it became apparent that new modules are needed to assure the signal integrity of the design concurrent with CAD design effort