AUSTIN, TX --  National Instruments' second-quarter profit rose 459% year-over-year to $24.6 million on a 39% jump in sales.

WILSONVILLE, OR – A new collaboration between Mentor Graphics and National Instruments provides test-oriented feedback in each step of the design process.

The SystemVision SVX Client environment for NI LabVIEW software permits designers to develop their test bench against a virtual prototype based on their specifications, and then use the identical test bench in the NI LabVIEW software on physical prototypes.

Test program development can proceed without waiting for physical prototypes, the companies said. Test program developers can provide test-oriented feedback to design teams. The SystemVision SVX environment provides a virtual prototyping of the entire system, while the LabVIEW software implements test program development and execution.

SAN JOSE -- Mentor Graphics topped Cadence in annual product revenues in 2009 for the first time since the mid 1990s.

BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC has released the B revision of IPC-7351, Generic Requirements for Surface Mount Design and Land Pattern Standard.

The revision provides industry consensus guidance on requirements of land pattern geometries, as well as surface mount design recommendations for achieving the best solder joints.