April 2017 • The PCB Design Magazine 77
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Zuken Partners with Nano
Dimension to Develop Seamless
Design to Manufacture for
3D Printing
Zuken and Nano Dimension
are working together to ad-
vance the 3D printing user
experience and prototype
turnaround times. Nano Di-
mension, a leader in electronic
printing technologies, will take
advantage of the support for
implementing electronic technologies provided
by Zuken's market-leading, native 3D, system-lev-
el design solution, CR-8000 Design Force.
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Catching up with Polar
Instruments' Geoffrey Hazelett
Product specialist Geoffrey
Hazelett discusses some of the
latest developments at Polar
Instruments, including a new
tool that will allow fabrica-
tors to determine how cop-
per roughness will affect the
end-product. He also talks
about Polar's upcoming eB-
ook on signal integrity, soon to be published by
I-Connect007. Talented young technologists like
Geoffrey are the future of our industry.
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Siemens Closes Mentor Graphics
Acquisition
With the recent closing of its acquisition of EDA
software leader Mentor Graphics, Siemens sets out
to underscore the significant customer value it en-
visions for both electronic systems and IC design
tools. Mentor is now part of Siemens' PLM soft-
ware business, making the combined organization
the world's leading supplier of industrial software
used for product design, simulation, verification,
testing and manufacturing.
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New Functionality Improves
Designer's Productivity
One of the main de-
tails lacking in today's
PCB design software
is the flow of imped-
ance control from de-
sign capture through
to board fabrication.
If the impedance of all the required technologies,
used in the design, is determined up-front at the
time of capture, the engineer's intent should be
preserved and flow through to downstream tools.
However, that scenario rarely happens.
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IPC Designers Council Orange Co.
Chapter Holding Lunch 'n' Learn
April 19
The Orange Coun-
ty Chapter of the
IPC Designers
Council is holding
a Lunch 'n' Learn
event on April 19 at JT Schmid's Restaurant &
Brewery in Anaheim. This meeting features two
speakers and takes place from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
in the Regan Room at JT Schmid's. Cost is $15 at
the door to cover the cost of lunch.
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Cadence's Zhen Mu Discusses
Her Power-Aware Analysis
Solution White Paper
Zhen Mu, senior princi-
pal product engineer with
Cadence Design Systems,
and Brad Griffin, prod-
uct marketing director for
Cadence, sits down with
Andy Shaughnessy to dis-
cuss Zhen's new white pa-
per, "Power-Aware Analysis
Solution."
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