SAN JOSE -- Cadence Design Systems next week will host its second Mixed-Signal Technology Summit, a venue for customers and partners to discuss the latest technologies and methodologies for mixed-signal design.

Professor Ali Niknejad of the University of California at Berkeley and Chris Collins, director, Analog EDA and Design Services at Texas Instruments are the scheduled keynoters. There is no fee to attend.

The event takes place Sept. 20 at Cadence's campus in San Jose.

The summit will also include opening remarks by Dr. Chi-Ping Hsu, senior vice president of the Silicon Realization Group at Cadence, presentations from representatives of leading companies including Analog Bits, ARM, Boeing, Broadcom, Maxim and Micron, a lunch with Cadence R&D engineers, and a panel titled, "Are We Closing the Gap in Mixed-Signal Design?"

Free copies of the recently released Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide will be available at the social hour.

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