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SAN JOSE, CA -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. will further reduce its workforce by 5%. Cadence will eliminate approximately 225 full-time positions.

Read more: Cadence Cuts Workforce by 5%

LONDON – Premier Farnell introduces DesignLink coupling interface. The web service environment provides an electronic interface to major CAD tools, allowing users to search and to locate parts directly from within the CAD design environment.

Read more: Premier Farnell Launches CAD Interface Tool

WILSONVILLE, OR -- Mentor Graphics has announced the call-for-entries for its 21st annual Technology Leadership Awards (TLA) competition, the longest running competition of its kind in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry.

Read more: Mentor Opens 21st Annual TLA Competition

YAVNE, ISRAEL and SOUTHLAKE, TX – Variosystems Inc. has purchased Valor Computerized Systems’ Trilogy 5000.

Comprised of over 700 design checks, the DfM analysis software rationalizes the needs of both designers and manufacturers throughout the design process. Key features include the Valor Parts Library, containing over 35 million parts, and an independent 3D shape for PCB design validation.

Texas-based Variosystems provides complete turnkey solutions from engineering to systems integration and order fulfillment.

GHENT, BELGIUM – Ucamco introduces Integr8tor v.4.1.2. The latest version of the automatic data input and analysis tool is reported to increase front-end throughput by up to 30%.

Job parameters are provided for fast and accurate quotations, allowing higher throughput through the front-end tooling process.

Integr8tor can run in a UCAM or Frontline Genesis environment.

SANTA CLARA, CA – Agilent Technologies Inc. introduces Advanced Design System (ADS) 2009 Update 1, the industry’s first complete front-to-back solution for MMIC and RF module design.

The release integrates wireless standards-based design verification libraries, 3D EM analysis, X-Parameter simulation and statistical design and yield optimization.

Designers can stay within the design and simulation platform of choice for the entire design cycle, eliminating the need for separate, time-consuming point tools.

Features include an X-Parameter simulation model generator, delivering fast, drop-in useable and accurate nonlinear behavioral models; integrated planar and 3D EM simulation and analysis, allowing designers to account for EM effects from packages and interconnects without import/export of data or models; and an MMIC layout personality, allowing one-click access to MMIC layout functions.

In addition, designers can interactively modify settings in real time using the Optimization Cockpit.