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Monday, September 14, 2015

Mentor Graphics Announces 26th Annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards Program

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the call-for-entries of its 26th annual Technology Leadership Awards (TLA) competition, continuing its tradition of recognizing excellence in printed circuit board (PCB) design. Started in 1988, this program is the longest running competition of its kind in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. It recognizes engineers and CAD designers who use the innovative technology provided by Mentor Graphics Corporation to address today's complex PCB systems design challenges and produce industry-leading products.

Prominent experts in the PCB industry will judge the contest, including: Michael R. Creeden, San Diego PCB CEO and founder; Gary Ferrari, FTG Circuits technical support director; Rick Hartley, RHartley Enterprises principal engineer; Steve Herbstman, founder and lead designer, SHLC; Happy Holden, Gentex Corporation (retired); Andy Kowalewski, Metamelko LP senior interconnect designer;Pete Waddell, president of UP Media and publisher of Printed Circuit Design & Fab/Circuits Assembly Magazine; and Susy Webb,Fairfield Nodal senior PCB designer.

"Mentor continues to be in the forefront of recognizing and rewarding excellent designs. The TLA awards allow designers who are using innovative ideas and design practices to be rewarded for their outside-the-box thinking in a way that nothing else in the industry does," stated Susy Webb, senior PCB designer, Fairfield Nodal. "These new practices will add to the general knowledge and creativity of the whole community of designers by leading them to try new and different concepts themselves."

This year, entrants will be able to submit their design accomplishments in any of seven categories representing a wide variety of industries:

Computers, blade and servers, memory systems

Consumer electronics and handheld

Industrial control, instrumentation, security and medical

Military and aerospace

Semiconductor packaging

Telecom, network controllers, line cards

Transportation and automotive

"Our annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards contest provides a worldwide opportunity for talented designers to showcase innovative designs.  Each year we see ever-increasing challenges and the use of new technologies implemented," said A.J. Incorvaia, vice president and general manager of Mentor Graphics Systems Design Division. "The submissions for this contest are really quite impressive. We are expecting this year's competition to be bigger than ever, with entries from many major electronics companies, as well as from smaller teams."

Winners will be named for each category, plus a "Best Overall Design" recipient. The timeframe for submitting entries is from September 14 through October 30, 2015. Entrants can apply online at www.mentor.com/go/tla

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