NEEDHAM, MA – The downward spiral for PC shipments continued during the third quarter, as global volumes declined 7.6% year over year with 68.2 million PCs shipped, according to preliminary results from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.

MILPITAS, CA – Printed circuit board and multichip module design software revenue increased 6.3% in the second quarter to total $369 million, according to the ESD Alliance's latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report. The four-quarter moving average for PCB and MCM, which compares the most recent four quarters to the prior four, rose 11.7%.