Zuken
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese multinational corporation
, specializing in software and consulting
services for end-to-end electrical and electronic engineering
. Zuken came into existence as a pioneer in the development of CAD systems in Japan to contribute to electronics manufacturing. The literal translation of Zuken is "graphics laboratory." Established in 1976 in Yokohama
, Japan, it is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
; net sales amounted to USD202 million for the year 2009.
Zuken's software is primarily used for designing printed circuit board
s (PCBs), Multi-Chip Module
s, and for the engineering of electrotechnical, wiring, wiring harness, pneumatics
and hydraulics
applications. Furthermore, Zuken offers software for electrical and electronic engineering data management
(e-PLM
). Zuken is one of three major EDA
companies which specialize in PCB design software, the other two being Cadence Design Systems
and Mentor Graphics
. Recently Zuken is developing software that move in the direction of total optimization of design based on collaboration between EDA and MDA (Mechanical Design Automation), between EDA and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management
), and between MDA and PLM.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese multinational corporation
Multinational corporation
A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...
, specializing in software and consulting
Information technology consulting
Information technology consulting is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives...
services for end-to-end electrical and electronic engineering
Electronic engineering
Electronics engineering, also referred to as electronic engineering, is an engineering discipline where non-linear and active electrical components such as electron tubes, and semiconductor devices, especially transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, are utilized to design electronic...
. Zuken came into existence as a pioneer in the development of CAD systems in Japan to contribute to electronics manufacturing. The literal translation of Zuken is "graphics laboratory." Established in 1976 in Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, Japan, it is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Tokyo Stock Exchange
The , called or TSE for short, is located in Tokyo, Japan and is the third largest stock exchange in the world by aggregate market capitalization of its listed companies...
; net sales amounted to USD202 million for the year 2009.
Zuken's software is primarily used for designing printed circuit board
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks or signal traces etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. It is also referred to as printed wiring board or etched wiring...
s (PCBs), Multi-Chip Module
Multi-Chip Module
A multi-chip module is a specialized electronic package where multiple integrated circuits , semiconductor dies or other discrete components are packaged onto a unifying substrate, facilitating their use as a single component...
s, and for the engineering of electrotechnical, wiring, wiring harness, pneumatics
Pneumatics
Pneumatics is a branch of technology, which deals with the study and application of use of pressurized gas to effect mechanical motion.Pneumatic systems are extensively used in industry, where factories are commonly plumbed with compressed air or compressed inert gases...
and hydraulics
Hydraulics
Hydraulics is a topic in applied science and engineering dealing with the mechanical properties of liquids. Fluid mechanics provides the theoretical foundation for hydraulics, which focuses on the engineering uses of fluid properties. In fluid power, hydraulics is used for the generation, control,...
applications. Furthermore, Zuken offers software for electrical and electronic engineering data management
Data management
Data management comprises all the disciplines related to managing data as a valuable resource.- Overview :The official definition provided by DAMA International, the professional organization for those in the data management profession, is: "Data Resource Management is the development and execution...
(e-PLM
PLM
PLM may refer to:*Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée , a French railway company*Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila , University of the City of Manila*Partido Liberal Mexicano, a pre-1910 Revolution Mexican political party...
). Zuken is one of three major EDA
Electronic design automation
Electronic design automation is a category of software tools for designing electronic systems such as printed circuit boards and integrated circuits...
companies which specialize in PCB design software, the other two being Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
and Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics, Inc is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create...
. Recently Zuken is developing software that move in the direction of total optimization of design based on collaboration between EDA and MDA (Mechanical Design Automation), between EDA and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management
Product lifecycle management
In industry, product lifecycle management is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal...
), and between MDA and PLM.
History
- 1976 Zuken Inc. Established.
- 1978 Released "CREATE-2000"(CR-2000) for PC.(HP-1000 Platform)
- 1983 Zuken America Inc.(Now, Zuken U.S.United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Inc.) Established. - 1985 Released Logic Design Workstation.(UNIXUnixUnix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
Platform) - 1988 Released CAD/CAM for PCB "CR-3000".(UNIXUnixUnix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
Platform) - 1991 Listed on Tokyo Stock ExchangeTokyo Stock ExchangeThe , called or TSE for short, is located in Tokyo, Japan and is the third largest stock exchange in the world by aggregate market capitalization of its listed companies...
Level-2. - 1992 Zuken Europe GmbH.(Germany) Established.
- 1992 Zuken Korea Inc.(Seoul) Established.
- 1992 Zuken Singapore Pte.Ltd. Established.
- 1993 Zuken Inc. China(Beijing) Established.
- 1994 Merged with Racal-Redac Ltd.
- 1994 Listed on Tokyo Stock ExchangeTokyo Stock ExchangeThe , called or TSE for short, is located in Tokyo, Japan and is the third largest stock exchange in the world by aggregate market capitalization of its listed companies...
Level-1 - 1994 Released CAD/CAM for PCB "CR-5000CR-5000CR-5000 is the flagship PCB design family from Zuken. It offers advanced functionality for the layout of multi-layer and high-speed printed circuit boards with integrated Signal Integrity and EMC analysis and optimization...
".(UNIXUnixUnix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
& PC Platform) - 1994 Released Data Management System "PDM-5000".
- 1996 Realvision Inc. Established.
- 2000 Merged with Incases Engineering GmbH.
- 2000 Zuken Tecnomatix Inc. established.
- 2001 Zuken NetWave Inc. established.
- 2002 Zuken ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
Technical Center Co.,Ltd. established. - 2005 Zuken TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
Inc. established. - 2006 Acquired CIM-Team GmbH.
Products
- CR-5000CR-5000CR-5000 is the flagship PCB design family from Zuken. It offers advanced functionality for the layout of multi-layer and high-speed printed circuit boards with integrated Signal Integrity and EMC analysis and optimization...
- This is Zuken's flagship enterprise-wide PCB design software platform for both analogue and digital PCB design. CR-5000 includes modules such as System Designer, Board Designer, Lightning, Package Predictor/Synthesizer. The program runs on both UNIX and Windows. - Design Gateway - Circuit design creation software. It is positioned within Zuken’s CR-5000 enterprise-wide software for electronics systems design and is at the core of its constraints driven design and verification process.
- E³.seriesE³.seriesZuken’s E³.series is a software for the creation of electrical and fluid designs, for wiring, harnesses, cable assemblies, control panels, hydraulics and pneumatics. It is ideal for designing interdependent systems in one project environment...
- This is the most recent addition to the Zuken family of products. It is a Windows based electrical design software for wiring, harnesses, cable, fluid, hydraulics, and panel design. - Cabling Designer - This is a design tool that integrates with CatiaCatiaCatia may refer to*Catia - neighbourhood of Caracas*Catia La Mar - Venezuelan town*Catia - a family in Ancient Rome*Catia - type of butterfly*CATIA...
for wire harness design. Modules include Cabling Designer, Harness Designer, Topology Designer, Simulation and Verifications. - CadstarCadstarCADSTAR is a Windows based EDA software tool for designing and creating schematic diagrams and printed circuit boards. It provides engineers with a competitively priced, scalable solution for designing simple or complex, multilayer PCBs...
- A desktop software for producing schematic and PCB designs. - DS-2DS-2Zuken’s DS-2 is a modular and scalable electronic product lifecycle management solution that has been developed specifically for electrical and electronics design applications. The Windows-based DS-2 platform was introduced in 2004, and was preceded by Zuken's DS-1 system for electronic product...
- Zuken's Electronic Product Lifecycle Management tool.
See also
- CR-5000CR-5000CR-5000 is the flagship PCB design family from Zuken. It offers advanced functionality for the layout of multi-layer and high-speed printed circuit boards with integrated Signal Integrity and EMC analysis and optimization...
, Zuken's flagship PCB design tool - CadstarCadstarCADSTAR is a Windows based EDA software tool for designing and creating schematic diagrams and printed circuit boards. It provides engineers with a competitively priced, scalable solution for designing simple or complex, multilayer PCBs...
, Zuken's desktop PCB design software - E³.seriesE³.seriesZuken’s E³.series is a software for the creation of electrical and fluid designs, for wiring, harnesses, cable assemblies, control panels, hydraulics and pneumatics. It is ideal for designing interdependent systems in one project environment...
, Zuken's electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic design software