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38 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I JULY 2024 We're just opening that door to start shar- ing. Normally, as a service bureau, you don't get to share, so this was a new avenue for me. It's the first time that I actually can speak about it, so that's how I geared my class. I shared my knowledge to get the attendees excited about PCB design and as quickly as possible so they would get out and want to do it. We really need more PCB designers, espe- cially younger ones. You're based in Austin, but are you originally from Texas? McCauley: No. I lived in Oklahoma, doing down-hole tools, and I got laid off when that company closed. I moved to Austin and worked for Dell in the server division. Was getting laid off a blessing in disguise? McCauley: It was. When I started McCau- ley Design Group, I was doing low-power server work. en Tom moved to Dell, and we became a Dell vendor. Since then, we've been work- ing on all kinds o f f e a s i b i l i t y for them. I provide training to the interns who visit and work with Dell. I train the new engineering hires; I teach them how to use the tools and start laying out and doing feasi- bility. I think you'll have full classrooms when you teach CAMM2 design. McCauley: You know, it's nice to be pre- senting and hearing what other designers are doing. As I said, a lot of designers still haven't worked with DDR5; they're still on DDR3 or DDR4. It's amazing that we get to be pioneers in this CAMM2 DDR5 adven- ture. I think more vendors will start producing cards on their own. We have a lot of knowl- edge that we can share and help remove some of that stress. Thank you both for speaking with me. I'm sure we'll talk in the fall at one of the conferences, and you can give us an update. McCauley: ank you, Andy. I enjoyed talk- ing with you. Duffy: We'll talk soon. DESIGN007