SANTA CLARA, CA – At PCB West this year, Designer Decision 2008 sought to identify the hot design topics for 2009. 
 Designers were asked to submit topics as part of a readers survey and the top rated topics were voted on during the 
PCB West conference. The top six topics were added to the 2009 editorial calendar for 
Printed Circuit Design and Fab magazine. 
The most popular topics included: 
RF Design 
Designing with Multiple Differential Pairs
Power and Signal Integrity in Memory Module Design
Design Tool Integration
HDI Specifications and Design Standards
Long-term Lead-free Reliability