108 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I JANUARY 2021
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Mentor to Officially Change Name
to Siemens EDA
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Mentor, a Siemens business, will be known
as Siemens EDA as of January 2021. The orga-
nization continues to operate as part of Sie-
mens Digital Industries Software. Under this
new banner, Siemens is bringing together the
world's most comprehensive portfolio of EDA
software, with Siemens technology for simu-
lation, mechanical design, manufacturing,
cloud, IoT and low-code.
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Cadence's Clarity:
'I Can See Clearly Now'
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Do you recall the song "I Can
See Clearly Now"? In this arti-
cle, Clive "Max" Maxfield notes
he had just been looking at the
Clarity 3D Transient Solver
from Cadence, so the lyrics he
heard in his head were, "I can
see clearly now the EMI is gone/I can see all
EMC obstacles in my way..."
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Altium Divests Non-Core TASKING
to Support, Enable Investment
in Altium 365
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Electronic design software company Altium
Limited has entered into a definitive agree-
ment with FSN Capital to sell the assets of its
TASKING business for US$110 million. The
transaction will be settled in cash with US$100
million up front and $10 million conditional
upon achieving revenue targets in Fiscal 2021
post divestment.
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Oops, I Did It Again: Survey Details
Most Common Design Errors
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We hate to admit it, but even
the best of us make mistakes.
Such is true with PCB design-
ers and design engineers. We
wondered: What are the most
common mistakes that PCB
designers make? Michelle Te
has more.
Clive Maxfield
Michelle Te
