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Intercept, Moss Bay EDA
Launch Low-cost EMC Solution
eMSAT now has several options for user flows from
any layout software environment by utilizing in-
tercept's numerous database translators. eMSAT
customers can use a DSn file output to analyze
a layout for eMC or Si errors. Pantheon reads the
error file from eMSAT, then displays the list of er-
rors in a custom eMSAT viewer dialog for real-time
viewing.
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PCB CAD Segment Down
Slightly in Q3
The eDA Consortium Market Statistics Service re-
ports that PCB and multichip module design soft-
ware revenue dropped 0.3% YOY in Q3 2013.
PCB/MCM revenue totaled $152.5 million in Q3
2013. The four-quarters moving average for PCB/
MCM increased 7.6%.
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EPTAC Unveils IPC Designer
Certification Team
"We are very excited to be working with ePTAC
Corporation and the marriage of our combined
reputations in the market, to support and deliver
programs that advance the skills of PCB designers
everywhere," noted gary Ferrari, president of FTS.
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Cadence Reports Q4,
Fy 2013 Financial Results
"in 2013, our talented development teams deliv-
ered six new innovative products, revenue grew
10%, and we completed three important acquisi-
tions in the iP space," said lip-Bu Tan, president
and CeO. "Our differentiated design iP portfolio
led to wins at over ten top tier customers, includ-
ing head-to-head wins at advanced FinFeT nodes."
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Dr. Cliff Hou to keynote
51st DAC
Cliff hou, Ph.D., will be a keynote presenter at the
Design Automation Conference, June 1-5, 2014.
he will discuss how the introduction of 10nm and
7nm processes will alter today's ecosystem while
opening greater eDA and iP opportunities, and
will present new system and chip designs.
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IEEE Reveals "CES: What's
Next" Game Results
While many are touting the future as the age of
machine control and robots, 75% of the top pre-
dictions selected by survey participants skewed
toward the desire for mind or movement control
in four categories of up-and-coming technologies:
Smart appliances, exoskeletons, curved screens on
cellphones, and 3D printers.
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