CAE/CAD at AT&T: An introduction

Abstract

Computer-aided engineering/computer-aided design (CAE/CAD) tools have in the past and will in the future play an important role in the design of AT&T hardware products. Currently, CAE/CAD tools are being used to decrease overall product time-to-market and increase product quality, specifically in the areas of design verification and synthesis. This issue of the AT&T Technical Journal contains papers based on the topics presented at the AT&T CAE/CAD symposium, held in Murray Hill, New Jersey, on October 18, 1989. This paper discusses CAE/CAD in general, as well as its past and future roles in AT&T. It also introduces each paper in this issue and describes its relationship to advances in the field of CAE/CAD technology.