66 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I FEBRUARY 2025
This invaluable resource offers essential
insights for anyone involved in the design,
procurement, or fabrication of high-speed
impedance or insertion loss-controlled
PCBs, as well as complex HDI PCBs
requiring precise documentation.
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EDITOR'S
PICKS
"I attended the conference that was the
predecessor of today's DesignCon on April
5, 1993, in Budapest, Hungary," Istvan Novak
recalls. "It was called the High Speed Digital
Design Symposium, organized by Hewlett
Packard. For the younger generation, it is
worth mentioning that
Hewlett Packard in those
years was mostly known
for their measurement
solutions provided by the
business unit that later
became Agilent."
Istvan Novak Looks Back on
History of DesignCon
Fresh PCB Concepts: Tariffs
and the Importance of a
Diverse Supply Chain
With the new Trump administration, we
anticipate an increase in tariffs on prod-
ucts from China, including printed circuit
boards (PCBs). The current U.S. tariffs
on PCBs from China is 25%, with two-layer and four-layer boards
excluded from the tariffs until May 31, 2025.
What will the PCB
designer's job—
and the designer's
software tools—
look like in the
next five years? Bob Potock, vice president
of marketing for Zuken USA, weighs in on
the PCB designers of tomorrow, and the EDA
tools that will take them into an ever more
complex future.
EDA Tools and
the Designer
of the Future
I recently spoke with
Melissa Martinez, a
PCB design student in
John Watson's class
at Palomar College. In
this interview, Melissa
shares her inspiring
journey from the world
of animation to the
realm of printed circuit
board design.
An Inspiring
Journey From
Animation to
PCB Design
