

It's only a matter of selecting the one that allows you to the job with the least amount of effort. If you understand high frequency design, you can use any of the available layout packages to make a board. The software doesn't design a board, the operator does. The ability to use a particular EDA package for high speed design has very little to do with the software, and a great deal to do with the knowledge of the person using it. To answer one of your questoins - in today's world, 100mHz is NOT high frequency. You need to use a third party tool such as HFSS. The simulator is not sophisticated enough to do high frequency design. In my opinion, the layout tool one of the easiest and most versitile on the market.Īs a medium priced EDA suite, it has shortcomings. I've also designed 20 layer boards with it. I've designed 9.5gHz boards using Altium Designer.
