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Bay Area Circuits Introduces
Web-based InstantDFM Tool
Bay Area Circuits, inc., a leading manufacturer of
quick-turn PCBs, has announced the release of a
new DFM tool named instantDFM. This first-of-
its-kind, fully automated, web-based tool enables
PCB designers all over the world with the ability to
upload their gerber files and immediately receive
a design for manufacturability (DFM) report.
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Altium Partners with
Octopart for Altium Designer
Altium limited announces a third-party develop-
er partnership with Octopart, a well known pro-
vider of an electronic parts search engine used by
hundreds of thousands of engineers to find and
compare parts across different manufacturers and
distributors.
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EMA Launches
TimingDesigner 9.4
for DDRx Sign-off
"This integration allows the sigrity solution to au-
tomatically export cycle-accurate timing simula-
tion results to TimingDesigner for graphical view-
ing and analysis," said Manny Marcano, president
and CeO. "This is the only solution on the market
which combines power-aware sign-off-level simu-
lation accuracy with fully parameterized timing
diagrams to ensure DDrx sign-off success."
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Sunstone unveils PCBExpress
Quickturn Quote Form
"Our PCBexpress Quickturn service is designed
for those customers who need their PCBs quickly,
for their time-sensitive projects," said sunstone's
CeO Terry heilman. "With the new Quickturn
Quote Form, we've eliminated the guesswork,
and made the quoting process even faster and
more efficient."
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51st DAC Opens Registration;
Announces Tech Program
The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is
pleased to announce the technical program for
2014. The program consists of an exceptional
quality of papers, panels, special sessions, key-
notes, sKY Talks, Designer Track presentations,
Work in Progress (WiP), workshops, full day tutori-
als, and training. new to the program in 2014 are
three special initiatives focused on automotive, iP
design, and security.
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EDA Consortium Reports
5.7% evenue Growth
for 4Q13
Printed circuit board and multi-chip module (PCB
& MCM) revenue of $190.8 million represents
an increase of 14.2% compared to Q4 2012. The
four-quarters moving average for PCB & MCM
increased 6.6%.
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