62 The PCB Design Magazine • October 2014
a
zuken Intros CADSTAR
Essential PCB Design Suite
zuken has launched an entry-level schematic and
PCB design bundle as part of the CaDSTar family
of products. CaDSTar Essential is a complete sche-
matic and PCB design tool suite that allows PCB
designers and engineers to download software,
learn the basics, and start designing as quickly as
possible.
b
PCB and MCM's
20% Growth Boosts
EDA Industry
"Double-digit increases in PCB/MCM and semi-
conductor IP led the way to an overall increase in
industry revenue for Q2," said Walden C. rhines,
board sponsor for the EDaC MSS and chairman
and CEO of Mentor Graphics.
c
keysight Technologies
Introduces DDR Bus Simulator
"Individual simulations are both fast and accu-
rate, allowing designers to run in batch mode
and quickly explore the design space," says Co-
lin Warwick, product manager for signal integrity
tools at Keysight EEsof EDa. "In addition, we offer
DDr Bus Simulator Distributed Computing 8-pack
licenses so users can farm out their parameter
sweeps to a compute cluster for an even shorter
time-to-answer."
d
PCB West Registration Up
6% Year-on-Year
PCB West show registration rose 6% year-over-
year, reaching nearly 2,600 registrants and over
90 exhibitors, according to uP Media Group. It
was the annual PCB industry trade show's highest
registration since 2001. actual attendance was up
4% from 2013.
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