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SMYRNA, GA – UP Media Group Inc. seeks abstracts for PCB Design Conference East 2009, to be held Apr. 27 - May 1 at the Westin in Waltham, MA.

Read more: Call for Abstracts Issued for PCB East 2009

SAN JOSE, CA -- Cadence president, chief executive officer and director Michael Fister has resigned. The company also announced the resignation of Kevin Bushby, EVP - worldwide operations, James S. Miller, Jr., EVP - products and technologies organization, William Porter, EVP and CAO and R.L. Smith McKeithen, EVP corporate affairs.

Read more: UPDATE: Cadence Shake Up, CEO and Execs Resign

HANOVER, NH– Daat Research Corporation introduces CoolitPCB v4.0, the cost-effective, easy-to-use CFD software that provides a thermal modeling option. PCB designers can perform board level analysis; predict thermal behavior of designs and pinpoint optimum component placement on boards.

The software allows designers to construct models of Ball Grid Arrays, Dual Inline Packages and Quad Flat Packages in detail. They can also select, modify and save IC packages from the extensive IC Package Library, saving the results. The models can be converted into compact models, allowing for rapid computation and saving valuable time.

SAN JOSE, CA–The EDA Consortium (EDAC) has announced second-quarter revenues for the electronic design automation (EDA) industry.

Read more: EDA Reports: PCB Design Tools Lead Q2 Revenue Increase Percentages

WILSONVILLE, OH– Mentor Graphics Corporation has finalized the acquisition of Flomerics Group PLC., located in the United Kingdom.

Read more: Mentor Purchases Flomerics Group

ROGERS, CT– Rogers Corporation has received UL746C registration from Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) for its RO-LINX laminated busbars. They are used in mass transit, power electronics and alternative energy power distribution systems.

The UL746C registration, a standard to evaluate end product needing UL508C, is the first for a laminated busbar supplier. The company worked with UL to outline “a UL-file by creating a modular, intelligent busbar construction.”