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.
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.
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.
YAVNE, ISRAEL – Valor Computerized Systems has been selected by HEIDENHAIN to provide its DfM software for design verification.
HEIDENHAIN develops and provides products to manufacturers of machine tools and manufacturers of automated facilities and machines, especially for semiconductor and electronics manufacturing.
“Valor has stated before that it sees a lot of potential in the German market, and in accordance with that statement we are working to provide companies such as HEIDENHAIN with best-in-class solutions that will enable them to ensure their manufacturing flow and maximize quality,” said Stephan Häfele, President of Valor Europe.
SANTA CLARA, CA – AWR’s AWR Connected for Mentor Graphics eliminates the need for file translation between the Expedition Enterprise design environment and AWR's Microwave Office microwave and RF design environment. It facilitates the integration of analog, digital, and RF or microwave circuits on the same PCB.
"The PCB and RF/microwave design worlds have been merging for some time, but the first-generation design flows built around file translation have proven not to be flows at all", according to Mike Heimlich, Microwave Office Product Marketing Director at AWR. "This solution truly creates a useful flow in which libraries are no longer an issue and co-design is a reality. We are committed to continuing this avenue of cooperation with Mentor Graphics as it delivers real benefits to the design community."