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OCTOBER 2021 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 49 most importantly the many files and commu- nications required during the handoff process that create numerous delays and mistakes, lengthening design and manufacturing cycles that result in production and time-to-market delays. IPC-2581 is the only standard that resolves these issues that unnecessarily extend the time from design completion to manufacturing start. Because IPC-2851 is a single, comprehensive schema describing all relevant design, fabri- cation, and manufacturing assembly detail, it improves product quality and chances of first- pass success. With its ability to solve many cur- rent manufacturing handoff issues and ongoing development and support through the IPC- 2853 consortium for cutting-edge technolo- gies such as Industry 4.0, IPC-2581 is clearly the standard of the future. DESIGN007 Hemant Shah is the chair of the IPC-2581 Consortium and former product management group direc- tor for enterprise PCB products at Cadence Design Systems. Patrick Davis is product manage- ment director for Allegro tools at Cadence Design Systems. have done so fully and use no other format. e complete, up-to-date list of consortium members, including manufacturers and so- ware vendors who support the standard, plus details on the IPC-2581 format, are available at IPC-2581.com. Cadence PCB Design Using IPC-2581 As a founding member of the IPC-2581 con- sortium, Cadence has built complete interop- erability with the standard into its PCB design and verification tools, enabling users to effi- ciently and seamlessly hand off their complex designs to manufacturing. e Cadence design soware enables efficient manufacturing col- laboration through IPC-2581 (Figure 7). Cadence believes it is in the industry's best interest that an open, public, neutrally-main- tained standard be adopted by all segments of the PCB design, fabrication, assembly, and test supply chain. e company is committed to developing and maintaining IPC-2581 import and export from its PCB design soware and to staying current with the latest approved and published IPC-2581 specifications. Conclusion e PCB design and manufacturing indus- tries are struggling with the need for more a modern, automated flow for sending board designs to fabricators. e popular but out- dated Gerber format has many drawbacks,