82 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I APRIL 2018
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Worldwide Systems Consulting:
Tools, Process, People
E
Editor Andy Shaughnessy and Publisher Barry
Matties sat down with Mentor's Jay Gorajia,
director of worldwide systems consulting.
Gorajia discussed Mentor's systems consulting
business, their focus on the "digital twin," and
how their acquisition by Siemens is benefitting
Mentor and their customers.
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Julie Ellis: TTM's Interface Between
Designer and Fabricator
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As a field application engi-
neer for TTM, Julie Ellis
sees the problems that
can occur between circuit
board designers and man-
ufacturers. Barry Matties
spoke with Julie at the Alti-
umLive event in Munich
about the age-old problem of throwing designs
"over the wall," the trend towards HDI, and
what advice she would give new designers.
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Cadence's Sigrity Automates
Power Integrity Simulation Earlier
in Design Cycle
E
During DesignCon 2018, Kelly Dack met with
Sam Chitwood, a product engineer with
Cadence. Sam explained how the Cadence Sig-
rity simulation software now allows users to
make decisions early in the design process,
and how this can help optimize the design of
the power delivery network and ensure signal
integrity in complex PCBs.
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DownStream Webinar: The Benefits
of Design for Manufacture
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Relying on the design rule checking function
of your PCB CAD system is a good start to
finding manufacturing issues, but it's simply
not enough. The DRC of most CAD systems
is inadequate for analyzing a design against
the many nuances of the fabrication process.
On Tuesday, April 17, DownStream Technolo-
gies will be holding a webinar that can answer
many PCB designers' DFM questions.
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