62 The PCB Design Magazine • February 2015
1
DesignCon names
Best in Design & Test
Awards Winners
DesignCon posted the 2015 winners of the Best
in Design & Test Awards. Mentor Graphics won in
two categories: Xpedition Package Integrator won
for Interconnect Technologies & Components,
and Xpedition enterprise took home a prize for
Board & system Design & simulation.
2
EMA and Arena Solutions
Form Strategic Alliance
eMA Design Automation and Arena solutions, the
pioneer of cloud-based PlM applications, have
formed a strategic alliance combining Arena PlM
with eMA's data management solution for Ca-
dence OrCAD to improve the overall user experi-
ence. The OrCAD and Arena integration provides
a number of benefits for organizations using both
systems.
3
IPC-2231: The Cookbook
for Design Excellence
IPC-2231, Design for excellence Guideline dur-
ing the Product lifecycle, provides guidelines for
establishing a best practice methodology for de-
veloping a formal DFX, specifically for layout of
printed board assemblies. Think of it as a cook-
book for DFX, where you can skim the design
recipes you know, or dive into ones that you need
more details on.
4
UcamX: A new Paradigm
in CAM Software
ucamco has released ucamX, its ground-breaking
all-in-one CAM software suite for the rigid, flex and
hDI PCB manufacturing industries. ucamX takes
all that's great about ucamco's leading ucam line
of software and takes it to the next level with a se-
ries of new developments and improvements that
set the new paradigm in CAM software.
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