SAN JOSE -- With Xilinx’s announcement of the first shipments of its Virtex-7 2000T Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), the era of 2.5D has begun. Xilinx reports that the 2000T is the world’s highest-capacity FPGA using 6.8 billion transistors, providing customers access to an unprecedented 2 million logic cells, equivalent to 20 million ASIC gates for system integration, ASIC replacement, and ASIC prototyping and emulation.

Read more: Xilinx Announcement Heralds Era of Silicon Interposers

SMYRNA, GA – UP Media Group Inc. seeks abstracts for PCB West 2012, to be held Sept. 25-27, 2012, in Santa Clara, CA. The event includes a three-day technical conference and one-day exhibition to be held at the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center.

Read more: UPMG Issues Call for Papers for PCB West 2012

ARLINGTON, VA -- ADIVA and Cadence Design Systems have signed a joint marketing agreement to offer a seamless process flow for validated PCB design.

Read more: Adiva, Cadence to Integrate Validation Tools

RICHARDSON, TX -- Asset InterTech has issued a white paper describing a new method for validating, testing and debugging printed circuit boards by embedding a board-tester-in-a-chip.

Read more: New White Paper on FPGA-Controlled Test