Dell Inc. and EMC Corporation today announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which Dell, together with its owners, Michael S. Dell, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell, MSD Partners and Silver Lake, the global leader in technology investing, will acquire EMC Corporation, while maintaining VMware as a publicly-traded company.

Under the terms of the agreement, EMC shareholders will receive $24.05 per share in cash in addition to tracking stock linked to a portion of EMC’s economic interest in the VMware business. Based on the estimated number of EMC shares outstanding at the close of the transaction, EMC...

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced its new Tessent^®ScanPro product, which features technology that significantly improves the test pattern volume reduction achievable with the company's Tessent TestKompress^® ATPG compression solution. Because the volume of test patterns largely dictates the cost and time to test an integrated circuit (IC), the Tessent ScanPro product helps chip manufacturers to ship their products more quickly and cost effectively.

The key technology in the Tessent ScanPro product, Embedded Deterministic Test (EDT) Test Points, applies local circuit modifications to reduce assignment conflicts that arise...

After retiring from the rail industry, Stephen Ollier and his wife invested in their composites engineering company, Pentaxia.  Today, with the support of Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM software, the company is going from strength-to-strength.

Stephen Ollier established Pentaxia in 2008 when he was asked to help some former colleagues that had started a precision engineering business.  He recalls: “They rented a five-axis machine tool and set up a business, but they had not had much experience in running a business, so they asked me if I wanted to join.  I admit I found retirement a bit boring so I...

Zuken is now accepting presentation abstracts for the ZIW 2016 Conference. As a user and technology conference, we welcome topics covering user experiences as well as technology topics of interest to the general design community. The presentation abstract can be based on a case study, challenging design experience, new technology trend or a solution to a common design problem. Each presentation selected for placement on the agenda is allotted 30 minutes.

The conference is organized into two tracks; one focused on board design and the other focused on electrical and harness design. Each track includes the associated...

New Mexico State University has recently been certified as a Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) Silver Certified Program, which asserts that NMSU has met specific criteria for academic programs that align with automotive industry needs.

NMSU’s College of Engineering became a PACE partner in 2006. PACE is an organization that links GM, Autodesk, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens PLM Software, Sun Microsystems and their global operations, to support strategically selected academic institutions worldwide to develop the automotive product lifecycle management team of the future.
The PACE Certification Program includes silver, gold and platinum levels with specific criteria that...

Having been present for a decade on the Chinese market through a network of resellers, Missler Software decided to strengthen its position on this market, which has a high demand for software to optimize product design and manufacturing processes.

According to Marc Choquin, Sales Director for Missler Software: "The creation of our subsidiary was a necessary evolution to accelerate our development in China, in the interest of our customers and our local partners. China has great growth potential for the distribution of TopSolid. This country has become the factory of the world and is the leading consumer...

Hawk Ridge Systems announces a new release of xBOM™, the premier solution for Bill of Materials Management for SOLIDWORKS. By introducing extensive Bill of Materials (BOM) Management capabilities, users of SOLIDWORKS Product Data Management (PDM) tools will now be able to manage their BOMs within their current infrastructure without the need for costly Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems.

Dale Ford, President and CEO of Hawk Ridge Systems says, “Our customers asked us for a robust, yet cost-effective, way to manage Bill of Materials within their existing SOLIDWORKS...

MathWorks announced integration with FIX Flyer’s FIX Engine, providing access to FIX-enabled trading systems directly within MATLAB, the high-level language and interactive environment used by millions of engineers and scientists worldwide.  MATLAB users in financial services can now access a range of institutional and retail brokers, exchanges, and third-party networks using the FIX protocol for communication. Support for FIX Flyer's FIX Engine trading platform is now available in Trading Toolbox.

By decoupling MATLAB applications from proprietary desktop trading applications, developers can deploy MATLAB algorithms to multiple end users, embed them in other...

Creaform announced today the latest upgrade to its scan-to-CAD software module. Part of VXelements, Creaform’s 3D software platform and application suite, VXmodel features a new collaborative functionality for direct transfer to Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS and streamlined workflows for reverse engineering and additive manufacturing in scan-to-CAD to print.

“VXmodel provides engineers with a simple, yet powerful, software solution that significantly accelerates reverse engineering process time. It now fulfills its duty as an integrated bridge for scan-to-CAD processes more than ever,” said Simon Côté, Product Manager.

Here are some of the improvements added in this upcoming release of VXmodel:

• Direct transfer to...

At its 2015 user conference, COMSOL has revealed features for Multiphysics 5.2. This release, according to the company, has updates for improved stability, robustness and execution. Features have also been added for easier application editing and overall user experience.
To learn more about how the COMSOL Application Builder democratizes simulation, download a benchmarking study produced by Desktop Engineering and sponsored by Intel, Dell and COMSOL.

Version 5.2 has an enhanced Application Builder with new editor tools for quicker creation of user interface components, a press release states. Tools enable users to make any model parameter, physics setting or plot into a user interface. Graphics...