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Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 07 August 2007

ROME, NY – The ESDA is requesting two-page abstracts for the International Electrostatic Discharge Workshop, taking place May 12-15 in Port D-Albret, France.

Presentations should address novel design concepts; special custom design approaches; technology integration issues; failure analysis; test structures; simulation tools; component-level ESD testing; ESD characterization; system-level ESD issues; immunity of ICs to EMI, and unresolved ESD issues.

Abstracts should be sent as PDFs to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than Nov. 26, and should include the title, author’s name and author’s affiliation.

The technical program committee will announce selections on or before Jan. 7.

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 31 July 2007

WASHINGTON -- The Electronic Industries Alliance's board of directors has approved a plan that would split the assets of the trade goup coalition across five distinct organizations. Under the plan, EIA will distribute its assets equally among its four current member associations -- The Electronic Components, Assemblies & Materials Association; the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association (GEIA); the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association; and the Telecommunications Industry Association -- and the Consumer Electronics Association, a former member of EIA. f $1.2 million. Read more ...

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 30 July 2007

SAN JOSE -- Cadence Design Systems reported second-quarter revenue of $391 million, up 9% from 2006. For the quarter, the company's net income was $60 million, up 100% over last year. Read more ...

Details: Written by Staff; Category: Design News; Published: 25 July 2007

NASHUA, NH – Sedona International, provider of specialized engineering services, has posted revenues in excess of $3 million for 2006, completing the company’s first full year of operations.

In addition to core subject matter experts, Sedona International Partners remain key to the company’s success, permitting customer engagement that provides an alternative to sending engineering and design projects offshore, explains the company. Sedona says it will continue to qualify new SIPs to expand its offering of engineering and design experts.

Sedona assisted more than 50 clients across the U.S. and Canada to bring products to the computing, audio, telecom, defense, and industrial marketplaces in the past year.

MONTREAL – Cimmetry Systems, a subsidiary of Agile Software Corporation, which was recently acquired by Oracle Corporation, today announced the immediate availability of AutoVue v.19.2. This new EDA centric product offering addresses the requirements of Printed Circuit Board design and contract manufacturing. Several industry leading Electronics and High Tech companies worked in close collaboration with Cimmetry Systems to drive AutoVue’s EDA capability in release 19.2.

"At Harris we work with a variety of high level design tools and require a way to view and collaborate on these documents both internally and externally with our customers and partners. Cimmetry understands our needs, and is working closely with our team to deliver an enterprise visualization solution that will serve the specific requirements of all companies involved in EDA," explains Charlie Davies, Principal ECAE Application Engineer, Harris Corporation, Government Communications Systems Division. "AutoVue 19.2 is a major advancement for viewing, reviewing and collaborating on EDA files, and we are confident it will deliver significant improvements across our enterprise."

ROCHESTER, NY – EDA software provider EMA Design Automation has struck a deal to offer Perception Software’s SymXpert PCB schematic tool.

As large-pin-count components are more frequently used in PCB designs, the creation of schematic symbols for new parts has become increasingly time-consuming and error-prone, the company says.

SymXpert is said to automate the symbol creation process by eliminating manual data entry and simplifying pin data verification. It includes intelligent content extraction; data validation; rule-based graphics and pin arrangement, and template-driven generation.