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Zuken, SiSoft Collaborate
on Multi-gigabit Design
and Analysis Solutions
zuken and sisoftTM have united to deliver solu-
tions for complex high-speed designs and multi-
gigabit applications. By integrating sisoft's ad-
vanced signal integrity solutions for state-of-the-
art, high-speed digital system design with zuken's
3D multi-board, system-level platform, the two
companies will provide a combined design and
verification flow.
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Mentor Graphics
Joins CPES
Mentor graphics Corporation has joined the Cen-
ter for Power electronics systems (CPes) at vir-
ginia Tech, the industry consortium dedicated to
improving electrical power processing and distri-
bution across various systems.
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Altium Updates its
Flagship PCB Design Tool
The next update to Altium's flagship PCB design
tool, Altium Designer 15.1, will introduce several
new features for improved design productivity, doc-
umentation outputs, and high-speed design effi-
ciency. Altium Designer 15.1 also enhances the core
philosophy
of the software, with a continued focus
on improved design productivity and efficiency.
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Zuken Schedules Innovation
World 2015 Customer Events
zuken has announced the locations and dates for
its popular zuken innovation world conferences.
The conferences launch in germany in May, mov-
ing around europe and north America, before
landing in Japan in october. Registration is now
open for most events.
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Mentor Posts Record Q4,
Fy15 Results
Mentor graphics Corporation today announced
financial results for the company's fiscal fourth
quarter ended January 31, 2015. The company
reported revenues of $439.1 million, non-gAAP
earnings per share of $1.09, and gAAP earnings
per share of $0.96. For the full fiscal year, revenues
were $1.244 billion, non-gAAP earnings per share
were $1.77, and gAAP earnings per share were
$1.26.
J
IPC APEX EXPO Selects
Best Tech Paper
Taking top honors, the winning paper is "High-
Frequency loss Test Methods for laminate Ma-
terials Comparison (a High-Density Packaging
user group/HDPug Project)," by Karl sauter, or-
acle Corporation usA. His co-author was Joseph
smetana, Alcatel-lucent. The paper was presented
at APeX on February 26.
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