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PHOENIX – Avnet Electronics Marketing has updated its Design Resource Center (http://em.avnet.com/drc) with an enhanced search engine said to speed the design process through quicker access to information and design resources.
 
The site gives design engineers direct access to more than 150 offerings searchable by manufacturer, technology or product.
 
The DRC offers design engineers access to electronic technologies and products, including reference designs, product briefs, user and program guides, schematics and application notes. The site also provides access to select evaluation and development kits created by Avnet design engineers and supplier partners.

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PITTSBURGH – Ansoft Corp., a developer of EDA software, announced revenue for its fiscal first quarter totaled $19.9 million, an increase of 15% year-over-year.
 
Operating income was $5.2 million, representing an 84% increase compared to the first quarter of 2007.
 
Net income was $3.9 million, up 69% year-over-year.
 
The company guided for second quarter revenue growth of 10 to 15%.

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SANTA CLARA, CA – EMS provider NBS Design Inc. has opened two PCB layout facilities in recent weeks. 
 
The first, in Dallas, has been in operation since mid-July and is run by Russ Wirth. In mid-August, NBS will open its third layout operation, to be located in Nashua, NH; another PCB industry veteran, Kathy Descoteaux, will run that operation.
 
The eight-year-old company also has a design center and manufacturing facility in Santa Clara.

In a statement, NBS president Craig Arcuri says the “addition of two such prominent and experienced industry players” will help the company broaden its “national footprint.”
 
Arcuri was the founder of Design Solutions Inc., the network of PCB service bureaus that peaked at more than 100 designers before he sold it to Flextronics.

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ROME, NY – The ESDA is requesting two-page abstracts for the International Electrostatic Discharge Workshop, taking place May 12-15 in Port D-Albret, France.
 
Presentations should address novel design concepts; special custom design approaches; technology integration issues; failure analysis; test structures; simulation tools; component-level ESD testing; ESD characterization; system-level ESD issues; immunity of ICs to EMI, and unresolved ESD issues.
 
Abstracts should be sent as PDFs to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than Nov. 26, and should include the title, author’s name and author’s affiliation. 
 
The technical program committee will announce selections on or before Jan. 7.

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WASHINGTON -- The Electronic Industries Alliance's board of directors has approved a plan that would split the assets of the trade goup coalition across five distinct organizations. Under the plan, EIA will distribute its assets equally among its four current member associations -- The Electronic Components, Assemblies & Materials Association; the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association (GEIA); the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association; and the Telecommunications Industry Association -- and the Consumer Electronics Association, a former member of EIA. f $1.2 million.
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SAN JOSE -- Cadence Design Systems reported second-quarter revenue of $391 million, up 9% from 2006. For the quarter, the company's net income was $60 million, up 100% over last year.
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