The masses are atwitter over the announced Renesas acquisition of Altium, and for good reason. The $5.9 billion price tag is some real coin. What’s less clear to almost everyone outside the two companies, however, is the underlying strategy and[…]

AI: The Shiny New Tool in the Engineer's Toolbox. Searching for components and automating schematic capture are just two of the ways AI will be implemented in PCB design.

A look at variables that influence board price. How does one calculate the actual cost of fabricating a printed circuit board? Naturally, each PCB is different from another, and the cost of creating one will vary depending on the PCB’s dimensions, number of layers, complexity and many other factors.

Maximizing Yields with Minimal Iterations. DfM practices for preventing common fab and assembly defects. READ MORE...

Jan 6, 2025 · DfM practices for preventing common fab and assembly defects. Printed circuit board (PCB) design is an area of engineering that blends art and science, and a significant portion of the science side falls into manufacturing.

Nov 1, 2022 · Printed Circuit Design and Fab online Magazine. NEEDHAM, MA – Worldwide tablet shipments were down 8.8% year over year in the third quarter of 2022, totaling 38.6 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.

Jan 22, 2025 · Printed Circuit Design and Fab online Magazine. POTSDAM, GERMANY – The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP (Fraunhofer IAP) and Notion Systems have announced a strategic partnership to further develop electrohydrodynamic printing for display technologies and new applications.

Jan 23, 2025 · Printed Circuit Design and Fab online Magazine. Kyocera AVX's BP1206 and BP2816 series thin-film band-pass filters are said to deliver highly repeatable and reliable RF performance for high-frequency wireless applications in the telecommunications, military, aerospace, medical and consumer electronics industries.

Jan 23, 2025 · Printed Circuit Design and Fab online Magazine. MILPITAS, CA – Printed circuit board and multichip module design software revenue rose 5.8% year-over-year to $450.8 million in the third quarter, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, announced in its latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report.

Addressing the Global Talent Shortage. Changing dynamics in the workforce are driving the need for an intuitive user experience. Are the tools up to the task?