Key takeaways:

Managing electronic components that meet design requirements in an increasingly complex systems development environment is error-prone and time consuming and the lack of accurate information can drive up costs and impact product launch schedules

Ensuring electronics components are compliant (e.g., to RoHS, REACH, environmental, and conflict minerals) and not obsolete in the rapidly moving electronic products market requires considerable effort throughout a product’s lifecycle

Trusted commercial data sources integrated with PLM solutions can dramatically increase product development productivity while avoiding delays and additional sourcing costs

The Aras Component Engineering application, with its tight integration to the IHS CAPS Universe components database, streamlines...

Dassault Systèmes today announced that it has launched the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab, its new open innovation laboratory and startup accelerator program dedicated to nurturing and empowering disruptive projects and transforming society.

With the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab, Dassault Systèmes will help selected startups that are developing physical products capable of improving life, cities and lifestyles, covering ideation, the Internet of Things, up to fab lab movements. During a one to two year program, these selected startups will have access to Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform, technical skills and mentoring to create digital experiences to optimize and validate their product and processes—the same content,...

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that its collaboration with GLOBALFOUNDRIES has resulted in a comprehensive RTL-to-GDSII solution for the industry's first 22-nanometer (nm) fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) technology process. GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 22FDX™ platform delivers FinFET-like performance and energy-efficiency at a cost comparable to 28-nm planar technologies. The industry-leading implementation and signoff tools from the Synopsys Galaxy™ Design Platform have been enabled for the current version of GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 22FDX™ platform reference flow. GLOBALFOUNDRIES has qualified these tools to use body bias to manage power, performance and leakage to achieve optimal energy efficiency and cost effectiveness.

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A number of new and enhanced items in the latest release of Alphacam software focus on automation, reducing users’ CAD/CAM time.

The new Automation Manager means 2D and 3D Cad files, along with solid models from third party software, can now be batch processed, from file preparation right through to applying  toolpaths, with NC code being generated automatically. In addition, the files create a full report structure, along with labels and bar coding.

EMEA Sales Manager Michael Pettit says: “In a standard CAD/CAM system each file would have to be processed individually by inserting the file, extracting the...

A number of new and enhanced items in the latest release of Alphacam software focus on automation, reducing users’ CAD/CAM time.

The new Automation Manager means 2D and 3D Cad files, along with solid models from third party software, can now be batch processed, from file preparation right through to applying  toolpaths, with NC code being generated automatically. In addition, the files create a full report structure, along with labels and bar coding.

EMEA Sales Manager Michael Pettit says: “In a standard CAD/CAM system each file would have to be processed individually by inserting the file, extracting the...

Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced it is collaborating with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to qualify the Mentor^® RTL to GDS platform, including the RealTime Designer™ physical RTL synthesis solution and Olympus-SoC™ place & route system, for the current version of the GLOBALFOUNDRIES® 22FDX™ platform reference flow. In addition, Mentor and GLOBALFOUNDRIES are working on the development of the Process Design Kit (PDK) for the 22FDX platform. The PDK includes support for the Mentor Calibre^® platform, covering design rule checking (DRC), layout vs. schematic (LVS) and metal fill solutions for 22FDX. These...

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that its digital and signoff tools are now enabled for the current version of the GLOBALFOUNDRIES® 22FDX™ platform reference flow. GLOBALFOUNDRIES has qualified these tools for the 22FDX reference flow to provide customers with the design flexibility of software-controlled body bias to manage power, performance and leakage needed to create next-generation chips for mainstream mobile, Internet of Things (IoT) and consumer applications. In addition, the ARM^®Cortex^®-A17 processor was used to validate the implementation flow with the Cadence® Innovus™ Implementation System and Genus™ Synthesis Solution.

Cadence collaborated with GLOBALFOUNDRIES on the development of the Process Design Kit (PDK) for...

3D Systems announced today that it will be taking part in formnext 2015, a new trade fair for moldmaking, product design and 3D printing that will be debuting this year in Frankfurt, Germany, November 17-20.

3DS will showcase the full power of its digital thread solutions for software and 3D printing, demonstrating the seamless design-to-manufacturing workflow it enables for professionals and businesses across industries. Among the products and capabilities on display will be the ProJet^® 4500, ProJet^® 5500X and the CubePro^® desktop 3D printer. Visitors to the show will be able to witness firsthand the accuracy and detail of the ProX™...

3D Systems announced today that it will be taking part in formnext 2015, a new trade fair for moldmaking, product design and 3D printing that will be debuting this year in Frankfurt, Germany, November 17-20.

3DS will showcase the full power of its digital thread solutions for software and 3D printing, demonstrating the seamless design-to-manufacturing workflow it enables for professionals and businesses across industries. Among the products and capabilities on display will be the ProJet^® 4500, ProJet^® 5500X and the CubePro^® desktop 3D printer. Visitors to the show will be able to witness firsthand the accuracy and detail of the ProX™...

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the winners of its first annual Don Miller Award for Excellence in System-Level Thermo-Fluid Design. Mentor Graphics established the award to recognize exceptional use of Flowmaster® software in research and real-world applications. The inaugural award was presented toAndrea Tradii, Stefano Rossin and Riccardo De Paolis of GE Oil and Gas on October 19^th at the 31^st International CAE Conference in Verona, Italy. Their work, "Experimental Validation of Steam Turbine Control Oil Actuation Systems Transient Behavior," was presented at the same event last year and was...