SANTA CLARA, CA – Bogatin Enterprises next month will teach three one-day classes on design techniques for differential pairs, vias and S-parameters.

On Feb. 3, S-Parameters for SI Applications will take place here, and will cover S-parameters and how to data mine valuable information contained in 72 unique elements.

On Feb. 4, Differential Pair Design will cover the four families of SI problems: losses, reflections, noise and mode conversion, and how to minimize these problems and design high-speed channels.

On Feb. 25, Transparent Via Design will cover design techniques to make discontinuities nearly transparent and analysis of techniques to evaluate their real impact.

For more information, visit www.beTheSignal.com. 

BEIJING -- China has unveiled a supercomputer incorporating thousands of graphics chips and capable of achieving a sustained performance of 2.5 petaflops.

DARMSTADT, GERMANY – Computer Simulation Technology announced winners of the CST University Publication Award 2010 to the following papers:

“Towards Contrast Enhanced Breast Imaging using Ultra-Wideband Microwave Radar System” by M. Klemm, J. Leendertz, D. Gibbins, I.J. Craddock, A. Preece, and R. Benjamin; “Compact Beam-Steerable Lens Antenna for 60-GHz Wireless Communications” by Jorge R. Costa and Eduardo B. Lima; “Performance of a Multiband Diversity Antenna With Hand and Head Effects” by Vanja Plicanic, Buon Kiong Lau, Anders Derneryd, and Zhinong Ying.

The short paper award went to “Micromachined Millimeter-wave Butler Matrix with a Patch Antenna Array” by N. A. Murad, M. J. Lancaster, Yi Wang, and M. L. Ke.

The award is an annual grant to university institutes and researchers for their work in the application of 3D EM field simulation. The winners are awarded with extensions to their CST Studio Suite installations.

Submissions were evaluated on originality, clarity of presentation, and the skillful use of CST software features.

TORONTO -- The printed circuit board industry's newest design service bureau has opened here.