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SMYRNA, GA – UP Media Group and Printed Circuit Design & Fab are pleased to announce that Gary Kipp of Intel (Hillsboro, OR) was inducted into the PCB Top Gun Hall of Fame at PCB West 2008.   Read more ...

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CHINA–LED makers are attempting to lengthen life cycles by creating new products that would increase the illumination efficiency of LEDs from 70 lm/W to at least 100 lm/W. In addition, they are looking at alternative materials such as aluminum PCB substrates and soft silicone rubber pads as a method to improve heatsink designs.
 
Currently, flux densities are limited within the heatsink design, and many suppliers are releasing short-lived, high-brightness or long-life, low-flux models with lesser heat to dispel. In natural convection heatsink architecture, aluminum PCB substrates are good heat conductors and insulators, and in performance-to-cost, they are a grade higher than regular metal core substrates. Soft silicone rubber heat conductive pads can replace silicone grease, commonly used in high-end heatsinks.

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CARLSBAD, CA– Altium will appoint six master Japanese distributors: ADT Co., Ltd., Ryoyo Electro Corporation, Sophia Systems Co., Ltd., Tokyo Electron Device Ltd., Vitec System Engineering Inc. and Advanced Technology Corporation to sell its unified electronics design solutions, Altium Design and desktop NanoBoard reconfigurable development platform.
 
Last quarter, Altium experienced a 78% growth in sales in Japan, and believes the new partnership will continue to expand sales and support in Japanese electronics design solutions. These distributors will provide local technical and sales support, as well as offering broader solutions, expanding offerings and embracing the FPGA and board-level designs.

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SANTA CLARA, CA -- PCB West 2008 events included the presentation of the PCB Top Gun Hall of Fame Award. Each year, the PCB Top Gun Hall of Fame contest endeavors to find the top designers in the world. During two days of competition at PCB West, participants are put through a stringent battery of tests, including a written exam, personal interviews, and an actual design challenge.

This year’s winner is Gary Kipp from Intel. He is the president of the Pacific Northwest IPC Designers Council. He has been designing boards for over 15 years. He’s worked on diverse projects including CPU adapter cards, RF designs, video test cards, power supplies, PCI plug cards, memory and motherboards. Prior to joining Intel he spent two years working at a service bureau.
 
Jean Stout provided overview and coordination for the contest. Judges included last year’s winner Randy Holt from ODA, Tom Stout from ODA, the 1999 winner, Charlie Capers from Trilogy Circuits – Dallas, and Max Clark from Valor.

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SANTA CLARA, CA – A series of video interviews with some of the top names in the PCB design and fabrication field conducted this week during the PCB West trade show are now online.

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SANTA CLARA, CA – The PCB West 2008 exhibits opened Tuesday at the Santa Clara Marriott convention center.
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