54 The PCB Design Magazine • January 2015
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Mentor: PCB Technology
Leadership Award Winners
Mentor Graphics has announced the winners of its
25
th
annual PCB Technology leadership Awards.
Started in 1988, this program is the longest
running competition of its kind in the electronic
design automation (eDA) industry.
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Top 10 Most-read
PCB Design News Stories
of 2014
The past year brought plenty of interesting design
news items to our readers around the world. As
part of our annual industry review, the editors at
I-Connect007 have pulled together a list of the 10
most-read design stories from the pages of PCB-
Design007. Join us for a look back at the top news
of 2014.
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Zuken's E3.series
Adopted by Piaggio
The Piaggio Group, which owns several presti-
gious scooter and motorcycle brands including
Piaggio, vespa, Aprilia and Moto Guzzi, faced
changing requirements to their electrical design
process. Global expansion brought an increase in
the number of product specifications for different
markets, so they needed to streamline their design
processes and reduce their time-to-market to ac-
commodate the increased scale of operations.
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EDA Industry's Revenue
up 6.3% in Q2
"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. "Geographically, all
regions except Japan had solid revenue increases."
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