SAN JOSE, CA – First quarter electronic design software sales and service revenue increased 4.6% to $1.75 billion, the EDA Consortium said today. Printed circuit board and multichip module revenue was up 1.6% year-over-year to $159.7 million. The four-quarters moving average, a measure of the past year's growth, was up 5.4%.

NEW YORK -- Semiconductor analyst Mike Cowan upped his forecast for this year's global semiconductor sales to 9.9% growth after greater-than-expected May sales.