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Mentor Graphics unveils
New PADS Web Site
The Mentor graphics PADs team is inviting PCB
designers to experience the all-new PADs.com.
PADs.com is built specifically for designers to learn
more about how to improve their PCB designs.
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Cadence Strengthens
Portfolio in Q1;
Revenue at $379M
lip-Bu Tan, president and Ceo, said, "We ad-
vanced our functional verification platform by
releasing our new incisive vManager solution
and acquiring Forte Design systems. And we an-
nounced that we entered into a definitive agree-
ment to acquire Jasper Design Automation, inc.,
which will meaningfully add to our verification
capabilities."
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Mouser Sponsors Design
Contest for Engineers
& Students
The grand prize winner will receive global recogni-
tion and a cash prize of $20,000 for an innovative
product that benefits society and the economy.
Previous contests have produced more than 9,000
design ideas from engineers, educators, and stu-
dents in more than 100 countries. entries are be-
ing accepted now through July 1, 2014.
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Zuken Intros CADSTAR 15
with New Routing Features
With high-speed interfaces now almost universal,
easing their implementation is vital. CADsTAr's
P.r. editor now supports impedance balanced
routing that simplifies the implementation of
high-speed interfaces. engineers can easily route
to JeDeC standards and meet DDr3 performance
specifications. This reduces design iterations by
helping designers optimize circuits for the highest
clock speeds.
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Prasad to Lecture on SMT,
BGA Design, & Manufacturing
The course material is based on ray's textbook
"surface Mount Technology: Principles and Prac-
tice, 2nd edition," iPC -7095 Design and Assem-
bly Process implementation for BgA, chaired by
ray and iPC-7093 "Design and Assembly Process
implementation for Bottom Terminations surface
mount Components (BTCs) such as QFn, DFn
and MlF, also chaired by Prasad.
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Altium Implements Growth
Strategy; Relocates units
The relocation to san Diego, where Altium has had
a long-established sales and operational presence,
represents a natural next-step in the implementa-
tion of the company's renewed growth strategy.
it is a result of the focus on PCB design tools and
solutions for the PCB design market.
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