SAN DIEGO – Altium launched Altium Education, a free online curriculum and certification program for college and university students interested in engineering and electronics design. This hands-on course takes college students from the basics of electronics to designing their first printed circuit board.

SAN DIEGO — Nexar, a business unit of Altium, launched Spectra, electronics industry data intelligence products to help businesses better anticipate supply chain challenges and opportunities, and respond to changing market conditions.

TROY, MI – Altair acquired Powersim, provider of simulation and design tools for power electronics, including power supplies, motor drives, control systems, and microgrids.

SAN JOSE -- Cisco’s Talos Intelligence Group this week outlined six critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting Gerbv, the open-source file viewer for printed circuit board designs.