Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, has presented version H-2012.12 of Saber is a proven platform for modeling and simulating physical systems, enabling full-system virtual prototyping for applications in analog/power electronics, electric power generation/conversion/distribution and mechatronics. Decades of industry success and innovation have earned Saber a reputation as the solution of choice for design validation and optimization for automotive, aerospace, industrial power and energy systems.

Saber is a mixed-signal, mixed-technology behavioural simulation tool. Saber can be used to perform steady-state, time, frequency, statistical and reliability analysis of designs from the architectural level down to the transistor level. The Saber simulator is able to simulate analogue, event-driven analogue (such as Z-domain), digital and mixed-technology devices in the same simulation. It can also link with digital HDL simulators to simulate designs which include models written in Verilog or VHDL. Alternatively, designs can be described in MAST, a full mixed-signal hardware description language for Saber which supports modelling both analogue behaviour and event-driven behaviour.