Saber is a multi-domain modeling and simulation environment that enables 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 and industrial systems. SaberRD: Desktop Environment for Power Electronic Design * Introduced in 2010 * Easy to use—Windows-based IDE * Novice accessibility—Expert flexibility * Proven technology * Demo/Student version Focus: Manage power electronic and mechatronic complexity by accelerating Robust Design via simulation * Automotive (mid-class car) -- 50+ microprocessors, 100+ sensors, 30+ electrical subsystems * Aerospace (A380) -- 530km of wires, 100,000 cable sections, 40,300 connectors * Solar -- power electronics, control algorithms, environmental conditions, aging, storage, mechanical tracking Key benefits and design goals: * Optimize system for performance, reliability, and cost * Verify behavior of multi-domain systems (electrical, thermal, mechanical, magnetic, hydraulic, etc.) * Reduce effects of variation * Bound worst case behavior * Repeatable processes – create 10,000s of virtual prototypes * Effective model exchange throughout the value stream