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Altium's Designer 14 Wins
DesignVision Award
The company announces that DesignCon has hon-
ored Altium Designer 14 with a 2014 Designvi-
sion Award in the PCB Design category. The award
program celebrates the achievements of the most
innovative electronics companies and the unique
tools that support customer needs to improve and
simplify the design process.
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EPTAC Expands IPC Training
Centers Across u.S., Canada
ePTAC Corporation has acquired multiple iPC Cer-
tification Center licenses for a number of locations
across the united states and Canada. new ePTAC
programs licensed via iPC include the new iPC-
6012 bare board specification program still in de-
velopment and the current designer certifications,
CiD and CiD+, which are specifically targeted to
support the PCB design market.
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Cadence Intros New Allegro
TimingVision Environment
Cadence Design systems, inc. has announced new
Allegro Timingvision environment, which reduces
interface timing closure by up to 67%. Available
within Cadence Allegro PCB Designer, Timingvi-
sion environment makes it possible for PCB de-
signers to save significant time in ensuring that
signals in an interface meet timing requirements.
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IEEE Forms Groups to
Standardize EDA Steps
The ieee standards Association has approved the
formation of the ieee P1666.1 systemC Analog/
Mixed-signal (AMs) extensions Working Group
and the ieee P2401 lPB – standard Format for
large scale integration (lsi)-Package-Board in-
teroperable Design Working Group.
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CadSoft EAGLE
Introduces New
Simulation Tool
The recently signed cooperation between Felici-
tas Customized engineering Gmbh and Cadsoft
Computer Gmbh gives eAGle users access to
the new simulation tool, developed by Felici-
tas Customized engineering. Within this coop-
eration, Felicitas uses eAGle as a front end for
their simulation tool for signal integrity, PCBsim,
which will be available through a newly devel-
oped interface.
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DesignCon 2014
a Success: Post
Conference Report
uBM Tech, the daily source of essential business
and technical information for decision makers in
the electronics industry, held its annual Design-
Con conference and expo last week in santa Clara,
California.
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