Dear faithful blog reader: Please take a few minutes of your valuable time to read the January 31, 2013 article, “The EDA and MCAD/MCAE Almanac – Nominal Q3 2012 Part B: MCAD/MCAE Industry”

You may reach the new January 31 Commentary by clicking here right now on the URL below to go directly to the article:

http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/1/1157094/EDA-MCAD-MCAE-Almanac-Nominal-Q3-2012-Part-B-MCAD-MCAE-Industry

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Dear faithful blog reader: Please take a few minutes of your valuable time to read the December 31, 2012 article, “The EDA and MCAD/MCAE Almanac – Nominal Q3 2012 Part A: EDA Industry”

You may reach the new December 31 Commentary by clicking here right now on the URL below to go directly to the article:

http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/1/1148449/EDA-MCAD-MCAE-Almanac-Nominal-Q3-2012-Part-EDA-Industry

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Dear faithful blog reader: Please take a few minutes of your valuable time to read the December 2, 2012 article, “Electronics IP Industry – Q3 2012”

You may reach the new December 2 Commentary via two different paths:

(1)      Returning to the front page of EDACafe.com, and scrolling down the front page, finding a box with a URL posted with a photo of yours truly, and clicking on the title in the box:

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(2)      By clicking here right now on the URL below to go directly to the article:

http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?articleid=1141834

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THE PURPOSES OF THIS BLOG ENTRY ARE

1) TO INFORM INTERESTED EDA COMMENTARY READERS OF THE VERY RECENT COMPLETION OF THE 24TH ANNUAL MENTOR GRAPHICS TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS CONTEST;

2) TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND ON THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND EVENTS THAT OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 2012 LEADING UP

3) TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF TLA WINNERS ON OCTOBER 16, 2012; AND

4) TO ENCOURAGE READERS TO VIEW THE DESCRIPTIVE WEBINAR AVAILABLE ON THE MGC WEB SITE THAT DOCUMENTS THE OUTCOME.

 TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL, THE FOLLOWING IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS, WITH THE LETTERS A, B, AND C DESIGNATING ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THREE SEPARATE SEQUENTIAL DATES DURING 2012:

DATE A = JUN 25;     DATE B = OCT 8;     DATE C = NOV 5

SINCE SOME EVENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED PREVIOUSLY IN STAND-ALONE EDA COMMENTARY DOCUMENTS, ONE FOR DATE A = JUN 25 AND ONE FOR DATE B = OCT 8, THESE TWO SECTIONS WILL BE INCLUDED HERE FOR COMPLETENESS ONLY, WITH THE NEW INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH  DATE C = NOV 5 PROVIDED FIRST IN THIS EDA COMMENTARY, AND OLDER INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH DATES A AND B INCLUDED THEREAFTER SOLELY FOR THE RECORD.

 DATE C =NOVEMBER 5, 2012

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Dear faithful blog reader: Please take a few minutes of your valuable time to read the October 8, 2012 article, “The EDA & MCAD/MCAE Almanac – Nominal Q2 2012”

You may reach the new October 8 Commentary via two different paths:

(1)      Returning to the front page of EDACafe.com, and scrolling down the front page, finding a box with a URL posted with a photo of yours truly, and clicking on the title in the box:

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http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?articleid=1125122

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Dear faithful blog reader: Please take a few minutes of your valuable time to read the September 14, 2012 article, “The EDA & MCAD/MCAE Almanac – Nominal Q2 2012”

You may reach the new September 14 Commentary via two different paths:

(1)      Returning to the front page of EDACafe.com, and scrolling down the front page, finding a box with a URL posted with a photo of yours truly, and clicking on the title in the box:

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(2)      By clicking here right now on the URL below to go directly to the article:

http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?articleid=1119198

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Dear faithful blog reader: Please take a few minutes of your valuable time to read the July 26, 2012 article, “A Visit to Uniquify – Unique and Impressive.”

You may reach the new July 26 Commentary via two different paths:

(1)      Returning to the front page of EDACafe.com, and scrolling down the front page, finding a box with a URL posted with a photo of yours truly, and clicking on the title in the box:

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(2)      By clicking here right now on the URL below to go directly to the article:

http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?articleid=1107258

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Dear Faithful Reader: Please take a few minutes to catch up on some useful news.

Introduction:

You have not seen this document before. It contains a summary of some topics you have seen, but there is new news throughout. Please continue reading!!

It’s a first for the EDA Commentary!  Posting Part II of a fresh article, as a Blog no less, before posting Part I! But after the lengthy and often arduous process during the last three months of evaluation and choosing Altium as the fifth member of our latest EDA G5, we also wanted to be among the first, if not the first, to bring you the good news about Altium’s final quarter of its Fiscal Year, the April 1 through June 30, 2012 quarter, which quarter is the one reported as Nominal Q2 2012 for several of the EDA G5. 

Nominal Q2 for the EDA G5 is normally reported in September’s EDA Commentary, and so it will be this year, when we post Part I for the other four members of the EDA G5. (We’ll include Altium’s numerical results in the collective graphs and tables in September as well). 

Moreover, as a special treat, we may even include a separate, extra-bonus vignette on EDA G5 member Altium in the August 2012 EDA Commentary, the latter of which will otherwise be devoted to the EDA IP G5 Q2 financials (ARM Holdings, CEVA , MIPS, MoSys, and Rambus).  

Main Message of this Blog: 

It was only SIX days ago on July 19 when the following “Important Notice” was posted in the EDACafe Daily Newsletter:

Fifth EDA Vendor for future EDA Commentary Chosen!

July 19, 2012

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Dear Faithful Reader: Please take a moment to be certain you have read these two connected messages.

The first one is the June 25, 2012 article entitled, “The EDA & MCAD/MCAE Almanac – Nominal Q1 2012″ at this URL:

http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=Commentary&articleid=1099325&printerfriendly=1

The second is a special notice posted just yesterday July 19, 2012 in the EDACafe “Important Messages” section at this URL:

http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/1/1105234/EDA-MCAD-MCAE-Almanac-Nominal-Q1-2012-Part-II

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Dear faithful blog reader: Please take a few minutes of your valuable time to read this July 03, 2012 blog about the PCB Technical Leadership Awards program now underway.

 24^th Annual MGC PCB Technology Leadership Awards

In case you missed it, in the EDA Industry Commentary first posted on EDAcafe.com on June 25, 2012,  Mentor Graphics Corporation announced the call-for-entries of its 24^th annual Technology Leadership Awards (TLA) competition, continuing its tradition of recognizing excellence in printed circuit board (PCB) design.

The modern PCB portion of Mentor Graphics was covered extensively in EDAcafe.com in an EDA WEEKLY July 25, 2011  article entitled, “Back to the Future”:

http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/view_weekly.php?section=Magazine&articleid=980675&printerfriendly=1

Started at the PCB Division in 1988, the TLA program is the longest running competition of its kind in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. It recognizes engineers and CAD designers who use Mentor’s innovative technology to address today’s complex PCB systems design challenges and produce industry-leading products.

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