64 The PCB Design Magazine • April 2014
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Complete IPC Designers
Forum Coverage From
Las Vegas
The Designers Forum is now over, but we have
in-depth interviews with the movers and shak-
ers of the PCB design world. if you couldn't
make it to las vegas, don't worry—we've got
you covered!
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Mentor Solution Links PCB
Design and Manufacturing
Mentor graphics Corporation has announced
its unique new product introduction (nPi) solu-
tion that seamlessly links printed circuit board
(PCB) design and manufacturing operations to
deliver the industry's first integrated, automated
flow for the design, fabrication, and assembly of
PCBs.
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Zuken Launches CR-8000
Design Gateway, Design
Force 2014
For high-speed designs, topology templates can
now be created based on reference designs that
include guidelines for track lengths, widths, and
spacing—greatly reducing the effort to configure
and manage constraints, especially with differen-
tial pair routing.
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Douglas Brooks' New Book
Explains Current & SI Issues
"PCB Currents: how They Flow, how They react"
is aimed at helping PCB designers and fabricators
better understand the conditions that lead to sig-
nal integrity issues on printed circuit boards, and
how to control those issues. it is available in both a
hard-bound and enhanced eBook version.
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