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ENDICOTT, NY – Endicott Interconnect Technologies has won a $6 million grant to develop microelectronic chips for the US military for preventing foreign tampering of weapons.

Read more: EI Receives $6M for DoD Chip R&D

WILSONVILLE, OR -- Mentor Graphics will provide design automation software, consulting and training services to Saudi Arabia as part of a national program to boost the country's electronics design capabilities.

Read more: Mentor Provides Design Tools, Support to Saudis

WILSONVILLE, OR -- Mentor Graphics may be in talks to acquire Valor
Computerized Systems, according to published reports.

Citing undisclosed sources, Globes, an Israel-based paper, today claimed
the two companies are in talks. Valor is headquartered in Yavne, Israel.

Read more: Report: Mentor in Talks to Buy Valor

THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN and BALLERUP, DENMARK – MEC Switches, one of Europe’s leading designers and manufacturers of high quality switches, and Digi-Key Corp. have signed a global distribution agreement.

Digi-Key will stock MEC’s three main lines of switches: Multimec, Illumec and Unimec.

ROCHESTER, NY – EMA Design Automation is now an Autodesk Authorized Value-Added Reseller (VAR), expanding its mechanical CAD portfolio and selling Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD software products.

EMA's partnerships with leading design technology innovators have reduces the need to manage multiple supplier relationships, streamlining the purchasing process. As a VAR, the company can offer additional consulting services and technical support, addressing electrical and mechanical elements of design, and include PLM solutions.

MUNICH, GERMANY and WESTFORD, MA – After a three-year research project in Europe, Zuken will introduce CR-5000 Lightning version 12, high-speed software for power integrity analysis.

Scheduled for release in the fall, this latest version is a direct result of collaboration between Zuken, IC vendors and automotive electronic suppliers that focused on improving the development process, as well as modeling new chip sets and dedicated HDI.

As a result, CR-5000’s signal integrity analysis capabilities are improved, allowing modeling of package parasitic effects. In later versions of the software, dedicated IC models will be supported in the analysis phase.