MAY 2025 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 75
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Electronic System Design (ESD)
industry revenue increased 11% to
$4.9 billion in the fourth quarter of
2024 from the $4.4 billion reported
in the fourth quarter of 2023, the
ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology
Community, announced in its latest
Electronic Design Market Data
(EDMD) report. The four-quarter
moving average, which compares
the most recent four quarters to the
prior four, rose 12.8%.
Electronic System Design
Industry Posts $4.9 Billion
in Revenue in Q4 2024
Filbert (Fil) Arzola is an electri-
cal engineer at Raytheon. He's
smart, entertaining, and passion-
ate about PCB design. As it turns
out, he's also passionate about
"Mother Earth," as he calls her.
Driving Sustainability in
PCB Design
I asked materials expert Alun
Morgan, technology ambassador
for the Ventec International
Group, to walk us through the
available RF material sets and
how smart material selection can
ease the burden on RF designers
and design engineers.
Material Selection and RF Design
Real Time with... IPC APEX EXPO: Silicon Geometry's
Signal Integrity Impact on PCBs
The conference portion of IPC APEX EXPO has been
providing educational opportunities for attendees since
the first show. But recently, show managers decided
to expand education onto the show floor. So, for the
25th IPC APEX EXPO, IPC launched a new idea: the
Learning Lounge, a two-day series of educational
presentations on the show floor.
IPC APEX EXPO 2025 Learning Lounge:
Education on the Show Floor
The typical discussions around UHDI
focus on our standard electronics
industry market segments like milaero,
medical, consumer electronics, etc.
UHDI Fundamentals:
UHDI Drives Unique IoT
Innovation in Farming
At IPC APEX EXPO 2025, Kris Moyer addressed the importance of
understanding the impact of silicon geometry reduction on signal
integrity and PCB performance. As technology evolves, traditional design
principles are increasingly challenged, requiring designers to adapt to
new realities where even simple circuits must consider factors typically
associated with RF applications. Kris says signal integrity considerations
are necessary for so many designs today, regardless of clock frequency.
