SMYRNA, GA – Following record-breaking attendee registration, Virtual PCB, the industry's only virtual trade show and conference, which took place this week, is now offered on-demand for the next two months.

More than 2,600 PCB designers, fabricators and assemblers registered for Virtual PCB (virtual-pcb.com), which took place March 2-4.

The live event drew more than 1,350 attendees from all over the world. The show is now available on-demand until May 4.

Exhibitors include several leading suppliers of assembly process equipment, design software, and bare boards. The technical conference includes webinars on design, signal integrity, lead-free soldering, tin whiskers, and other issues from well-known industry experts.

“This year’s Virtual PCB was the best event yet,” said Mike Buetow, Editor in Chief of CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY, which co-sponsored Virtual PCB. “The technical conference is clearly a huge draw, and the lively chats on tin whiskers and board reliability showed again that engineers don’t need to be face-to-face in order to engage in productive discussion and debate.”

A fully interactive, Web-based event, Virtual PCB incorporates all the critical features of a live event while allowing PCB design, fabrication and assembly equipment and materials buyers and sellers to interact online.
 
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Virtual PCB is produced by UP Media Group, the industry’s leading publisher of technical magazines.

WILSONVILLE, OR – Mentor Graphics has acquired Zeland Software, a provider of 3-D EM simulation and modeling tools.

As part of the deal, Zeland’s development, customer support, and marketing/sales team, including Zeland founder and CEO Dr. Jian‐X Zheng, have joined Mentor Graphics.

No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which closed Feb. 1.

Zeland’s full‐wave 3D EM simulation and modeling technology will be available with Mentor’s HyperLynx signal integrity and power integrity tools.

All existing Zeland products and development roadmaps will remain intact, Mentor said.

EVERYWHERE -- A series of moderated technical chats on everything from prototype design to DDR3 memory highlight Virtual PCB, the online conference and trade show that kicks off today.