mentorpaper_626W H I T E P A P E R Printed Circuit Board Routing at the Threshold Advanced Technology for the New Millennium By Dave Wiens May 2000 Printed Circuit Board Routing at the Threshold Advanced Technology for the New Millennium I. II. MARKET AND TECHNOLOGY FORCES DRIVE CHANGE . . . . . . 1 ADVANCES IN ROUTING TECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 THE PACKAGING EFFECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DEALING WITH HIGH DENSITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 III. HIGH-SPEED DESIGN CHALLENGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 IV. INTRODUCING AUTOACTIVE RE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 THE NEXT-GENERATION DESIGN ENVIRONMENT FROM MENTOR GRAPHICS I. Market and Te……