WILSONVILLE, OR -- A Mentor Graphics spokesman today said the EDA company "plans to support" the IPC data transfer format.

ATLANTA -- The Valor division of Mentor Graphics will chat about replacing Gerber with ODB++ for data transfer and the launch of a group dedicated to promoting the ODB++ format, UP Media Group announced today.

EL SEGUNDO, CA -- With the second-generation iPad, Apple has held the line on the bill of materials, maintaining virtually the same costs as the first version of the device, an IHS iSuppli teardown analysis of the product has revealed.

CARLSBAD, CA -- Altium has added a "substantial" number of Microchip Technology's board-level components to its online content delivery system, the CAD software developer said today.