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The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trading and Industry (METI) released the Printed Wiring Board production data for June. Taiwan, Germany, North American, China, Korea and other countries also released their data.

The parameters of ESO, and how to efficiently ensure a design will pass.

When it comes to defining measurement, industry standards are lacking. Is a solution available?

A DKN Research newsletter released a couple of years ago commented on the quality of products made in China.

For the world’s top PCB manufacturers, Apple and Samsung can make (or break) you.

For those who believe nothing changes in printed circuits, think back just 16 years to the first edition of the NTI-100. The biggest names in PCB manufacturing included Photocircuits, Lucent and Hadco, among others. TTM was just being incorporated. The US and Japan were battling for worldwide bare board supremacy. Taiwan was a relative newcomer, China an after-thought.

Enhancements to the stackup and assembly data have the supply chain signing on to the electronics data transfer format.

Eighteen months ago, Fujitsu Networks Communications CAD engineering manager Gary Carter shipped CAD files for a 12-layer PCB in the IPC-2581A format to a major board fabricator. The fabricator responded, asking for a drawing and profile information. It’s all there, Carter said, it just has to be derived from the CAD file.