68 The PCB Design Magazine • December 2016
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Siemens to Acquire
Mentor Graphics for $4.5B
Siemens and Mentor
Graphics have en-
tered into a merger
agreement under
which Siemens will
acquire Mentor for
$37.25 per share in
cash, which repre-
sents an enterprise value of $4.5 billion. Mentor
shareholder Elliott Management has committed to
support the transaction.
2
Barry Hurley, PCB Designer
and Porch Dawg Guitarist,
Dies at 57
Barry Hurley, a longtime
PCB designer, instruc-
tor, and guitarist with
the Porch Dawgs, passed
away in Bonham, Texas
on November 12. He was
57. Barry was a great de-
signer and a serious gui-
tar player and collector.
We'll miss him.
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DownStream Technologies:
Building the Interface Between
Designers and Fabricators
DownStream Technologies
founder Rick Almeida speaks
with Editor Pete Starkey at
the recent electronica show
in Munich, Germany. He
discusses DownStream's ef-
forts to build an interface
between PCB designers and
fabricators.
4
CAT's David Wolf on
Via Reliability Analysis
Conductor Analysis
Technologies has been
analyzing test panels and
coupon designs for over
20 years. In this e-mail
interview, Vice President
of Technical Marketing
David Wolf discusses
some of the trends he's
seeing in via structures,
and the common reli-
ability and quality issues related to vias.
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