REDWOOD CITY, CA — Sales of software for printed circuit board and multichip module design jumped 13.8% year-over-year to $193.4 million during the first quarter, according to data released today by the Electronic System Design (ESD) Alliance Market Statistics Service. 

SAN JOSE, CA – Cadence Design Systems reported revenue from PCB and related design software was $46.7 million in the second quarter, versus $47.9 million a year ago.

MENTOR, OH – Libra Industries has partnered with CoPro Technologies to support its customers with mechanical design and PCB layout services.

PLANO, TX – Siemens PLM Software and Synopsys have agreed to collaborate on a range of electronic design automation (EDA) product interoperability projects. The collaboration spans a number of EDA domains from design to verification.