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Mentor Reports 1Q FY 2015
Revenues of $272M
"The first quarter was strong for Mentor Graphics,
substantially exceeding financial guidance," said
Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO. "In addition
to more than 50% bookings growth in three of our
four product categories, our automotive business
was very strong, driven by a major win with a lead-
ing automotive OEM. We also initiated a strategic
and
geographic realignment of resources. First
quarter results provide a solid start to the year."
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Cadence Strengthens Allegro
Technology Portfolio
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., has unveiled the
Allegro 16.6 portfolio, which features several new
products and technologies. Included in this release
is the new Allegro PCB Designer Manufacturing Op
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tion, which can shorten the time to create manu-
facturing documentation by up to 60 percent, and
several
key technology updates catered to increase
efficiency, control and productivity for designers.
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Material Witness: How About
that Technical Roadmap!
You may remember the movie What About Bob?
If you do, you may recall the scene in which Bob
(played by Bill Murray) confronts his psychia-
trist (played by Richard Dreyfuss) and emotes, "I
need! I need! I need! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"
It's tough figuring out how to make PCB materials
that meet all the "I need!" and "Gimme!" require-
ments in this industry.
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Intercept Enhances Advanced
Design System Interface
Functionality
Intercept Technology Inc., a leading EDA soft-
ware developer for PCB, RF and hybrid design
solutions,
has announced enhancements to the
Keysight Technologies Advanced Design Systems
(ADS) Board Link interface functionality within
Pantheon.
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Pulsonix and Ucamco
Collaborate to Fully Integrate
Gerber X2 in Pulsonix 8.5
WestDev Ltd., the EDA company delivering tech-
nology-leading PCB design solutions, has an-
nounced the completion of its Gerber X2 output.
Working closely with Ucamco, the developer of
the Gerber format, Pulsonix has successfully im-
plemented Gerber X2. The output has been fully
verified by Ucamco, who confirm it conforms to
the X2 specification.
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