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ICD Expands Reseller
Network in Europe
in-Circuit Design Pty Ltd (iCD), Australia, develop-
er of the iCD Stackup and PDn Planner software,
has expanded its reseller network in europe. Pre-
mier eDA Solutions Ltd. has been appointed the
iCD distributor in the uK and ireland, and will also
service the europe-Middle east-Africa (eMeA) re-
gions.
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Fighting the War
on Failure
Multiple iterations and board re-spins weren't an
issue until price and time-to-market made them an
issue. Once high-speed PCBs became the norm,
doing redesigns and building prototype after pro-
totype was no longer financially feasible. Design
teams began using simulation and analysis, the
"right the first time" movement took off, and now
we look at the old way as a failure.
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Engineer Steve Weir
Has Passed Away
We're sad to report that engineer Steve Weir has
died. A cutting-edge engineering consultant,
Steve had an irreverent sense of humor that you
don't find among most engineers. At DesignCon,
Steve introduced me to a few other ees, with ca-
veats such as, "John's an Si
engineer, but more
importantly, the statute of limitations has run out
on his unprosecuted felonies. And don't let him
near your wife. Or your son, for that matter." it
was like that with Steve. We need more people
like him.
9
Polar Instruments launches
New language versions of
The Speedstack PCB layer
Stackup Design System
Polar instruments has launched new language
versions of Speedstack, the industry's best-selling
PCB layer stackup design system. in addition to
english, Speedstack is now available in German,
Japanese, simplified Chinese and traditional Chi-
nese versions.
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IPC APEX EXPo 2016 Seeks
Technical Abstracts
iPC invites researchers, academics, technical ex-
perts and industry leaders to submit technical
conference abstracts for iPC APeX eXPO 2016 at
the Las vegas Convention Center in Las vegas.
The technical conference will be held March 15-
17, 2016. The deadline for technical conference
paper abstracts has been extended to September
14, 2015.
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