WILSONVILLE, OR -- A design team from Fujitsu Augsburg has been named best overall winner of the 2017 Mentor PCB Technology Leadership Awards for their high-performance computing mainboard.
The news came as part of a Mentor announcement of the latest winners of the long-running event.
The TLA were started in 1988 and are now the longest-running competition of its kind in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. It recognizes engineers and designers who use innovative methods and design tools to address today's complex PCB systems design challenges and produce industry-leading products.
Prominent experts in the PCB industry judged entries from around the world in categories that represent a variety of industries:
- Computers, blade and servers, memory systems
- Industrial control, instrumentation, security and medical
- Military and aerospace
- Telecom, network controllers, line cards
- Transportation and automotive.
The PCB Technology Leadership Awards contest was open to any designs created with Mentor PCB software. Judging is based on design complexity and overcoming associated challenges, such as small form factor, high-speed protocols, multi-discipline team collaboration, advanced PCB fabrication technologies, and design-cycle time reduction.
Judges included Mike Creeden, Gary Ferrari, Rick Hartley, Steve Herbstman, Happy Holden, Andy Kowalewski, Pete Waddell and Susy Webb.
2017 Technology Leadership Award Winners
Category: Best Overall Design
Company: Fujitsu Augsburg
Design team: Simon Czermak, Michael Schreittmiller, Sergej Beljaev, Andreas Titz, Mario Lanteri, Markus Wicher, Werner Hasubick, Peter Bräu, Nikola Skordev, Dieter Feiger
Using: Xpedition Enterprise
Category: Computers, Blade & Servers, Memory Systems
1st place: Adcom
Design team: Moshe Frid, Alon Kukuliansky, Nitzan Habler, Eli Moshe, Haim Anava, Doron K'Eliyahu, Lior Elgazar
Using: Xpedition Enterprise
2nd place: ASELSAN
Design team: Ahmet Erol, Fulya Ağirnas, Fatih Say, Emine Özer Türkay, Mustafa Algan
Using: Xpedition Enterprise
Category: Industrial Control, Instrumentation, Security & Medical
1st place: Shenzhen Mindray
Design team: Hupeng, Ouyangyilong, Zhaoguolong, Yiyong, Suchaoxun
Using: Xpedition Enterprise
2nd place: Murrelektronik GmbH
Design team: Matthias Haak, Simon De Serra
Using: PADS
Category: Military & Aerospace
1st place: Curtiss-Wright
Design team: Ashleye Soanes, Pascal Sauvé, Luc Bouchard, Stephen Reich
Using: Xpedition Enterprise
2nd place: Thales Alenia Space Italy
Design team: Enrico Checchi, Gabriele Rocco, Giovanni Saldi
Using: Xpedition Enterprise
Category: Telecom, Network Controllers, Line Cards
1st place: Altice Labs
Design team: Alfonso Figueiredo, Carlos Monica, Victor Soares, Luis Tavares
Using: Xpedition Enterprise
2nd place: Coriant Oy
Design team: Sauli Kunnas, Peter Kokko, Hannu Saarikoski, Paavo Perälä, Sami Jokinen, Juha Sarapelto, Jyrki Vuorinen, Jycke Sulka-aho, Matti Pulkkinen, Jyrki Nyyssönen, Päivi Vallin, Juha Ahvenainen
Using: Xpedition Enterprise
Category: Transportation & Automotive
1st place: Yanfeng Visteon Electronics Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
Design team: Yuan Li, Yan Xue, Tao Wang, Qin Li
Using: Xpedition Enterprise
2nd place: Sienna Ecad Technologies Pvt Ltd
Designer: Krishna Murthy BS, Raghava Charyulu V, Savita R Ganjigatti
Using: PADS
The on-demand webinar highlighting industry trends and the winners of the 2017 Mentor PCB Technology Leadership Awards competition is posted at www.mentor.com/go/tla.
