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YAVNE, ISRAEL -- Valor Computerized Systems Ltd. is introducing a software system designed to improve electronic design and manufacturing through the implementation of user feedback to help customize the tools.
 
According to the company the Valor Innovation Circle will provide the user with the opportunity to influence the development of software solutions to meet specific needs.
 
The program will initially involve a few select companies that will make a one-year commitment to allocate resources for the testing and evaluation of the new software. The companies will have access to advanced software solutions and new product versions prior to the rest of the market and on favorable terms, and will have the ability to influence the way the products evolve through user feedback.
 
“In today’s electronics manufacturing industry, when software is quickly becoming a differentiating factor in a hardware world, we feel that it’s important to give electronics manufacturers a voice and allow them to provide their inputs to the software development process in order to bring better-suitable software products to market”, said David Bengal, VP of Marketing and Business Development at Valor. “All members of this program share the same passion to improve our industry, and we are certain that with the aid of the industry’s opinion leaders and trend setters, the Innovation Circle program will become a fertile breeding ground for ideas that will benefit the whole industry in years to come.”
 
 
SMYRNA, GA UP Media Group and Printed Circuit Design & Fab invite printed circuit board (PCB) designers and engineers to battle it out for the honor of being named top designer(s) in the annual PCB Top Gun Hall of Fame contest, September 14 – 15, 2008, in Santa Clara, CA. The intensive two-day contest will be held in conjunction with PCB West 2008, September 14 – 19  at the Santa Clara Marriott.

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AUSTIN, TX  -- National Instruments' second-quarter net earnings rose 19% year-over-year on a 17% jump in revenue to $210.5 million.


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SYDNEY – If you can’t beat, forgive them.

Altium has inked a deal with the China Government under which the CAD tool supplier will offer amnesty to those using unauthorized copies of its software in exchange for special pricing and access to Chinese-language peer forums.

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SAN JOSE -- Cadence Design Systems reported second-quarter revenue fell 15.9% to $329 million versus the same period in 2007. GAAP net income was $5 million, down 92% year-over-year. 

Sales were up 15% sequentially, but the company called the quarter "difficult" and subsequently lowered its 2008 outlook.


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PITTSBURGH -- Ansoft Corp.'s stockholders have voted to adopt and approve the merger agreement under which ANSYS Inc. would acquire the EDA company for $16.25 in cash and 0.431882 shares of ANSYS common stock per Ansoft share.

The closing has been scheduled for July 31, 2008.

Dr. Zoltan J. Cendes, founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Ansoft will join ANSYS' board following the closing.

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