SANTA CLARA, CA – PCD&F today announced the winners of the fall 2011 New Product Introduction Award for printed circuit board design.

The NPI Award, in its fifth year, recognizes leading new products during the past 12 months.

The winners are:

• Design Verification Tools: DfR Solutions (Sherlock Automated Design Analysis)
• Computer-aided Design (CAM) Tools: Downstream Technologies (CAM350)
• Documentation Tools: Polar Instruments (Professional HDI Stackup Design & Documentation)
• PCB Design Tools: Altium (Altium Designer 10)
• System Modeling and Simulation Tools: Sigrity (SystemSI – Parallel Bus Analysis)

The awards were presented during a ceremony during PCB West.

“We are thrilled at the quality and number of entrants for the 2011 PCD&F NPI Award,” said Mike Buetow, editor-in-chief. “The entries were very strong and competitive, and the judges had a difficult time with their selections.”

To enter PCD&F's 2012 NPI Award program for printed circuit board fabrication, visit http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1011559.

To enter CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY's 2012 NPI Award program for electronics assembly, visit http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1011530.