Posted May 3, 2010, by Mark Forbes
Last week, I interviewed two designers at Broadcom for a customer success story. This was another very interesting project and the empirical results of their story are quite impressive.
The focus of the Broadcom story is I/O Designer. If you’re not familiar with “IOD” and you design boards incorporating FPGAs, ASICs or any large-pin-array IC, you really should take a look at our I/O Designer webpage.
The … Read More
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Expedition Enterprise
Posted Mar 17, 2010, by Mark Forbes
I have been very busy the last couple of weeks working on a fun project that will be part of a major announcement that we will be making at Apex. I cannot disclose much at the moment, but Mentor will be making an announcement that may just change system design for the better!
If you are going to Apex, Las Vegas from April 5-8, be sure to come by our booth. If you cannot make it, stay tuned here and … Read More
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Posted Feb 2, 2010, by Mark Forbes
I just got back from the Design Vision awards announcement…and Mentor won the award for HyperLynx PI (power integrity) in the System Modeling and Simulation Tool category! See…It’s not just me that thinks HyperLynx is a tremendous tool!
In the photo, HyperLynx Development Engineering Director, and Father of HyperLynx, Steve Kaufer is shown accepting the award at DesignCon 2010. This is not a throw-away … Read More
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Posted Feb 2, 2010, by Mark Forbes
Yes, it’s official: I’m on twitter. Whoop de do! But…I’ll be posting some interesting tid bits this week from DesignCon (odd that every time I type that, I have to stop my fingers from typing “Comdex”. Some things die slowly I guess).
To follow me, add “MGCMark” to your twitter list…and tell me you’re there. It’s lonely so far.
Don’t forget to stop by the Mentor booth to register for a chance to … Read More
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PCB Layout,
DesignCon 2010,
Planet HyperLynx,
PCB Simulation,
PCB Verification
Posted Jan 21, 2010, by Mark Forbes
You’ll recall a couple of posts ago that Mentor is sponsoring what promises to be a very fun panel at DesignCon in less that two weeks. The panel, “Science Fiction; Is It Really Fiction” will be Tuesday afternoon.
We have arranged a unique opportunity as well. Following the panel, I will interview panel member Gentry Lee. Lee is chief engineer for the Planetary Flight Systems Directorate at the JPL, … Read More
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Jim Martens
John Day
J VanDomelen
Nazita Saye
Michael Ford
Robin Bornoff
Mike Jensen
Colin Walls
Tom Fitzpatrick
Patrick Carrier
Mark Laing
Travis Mikjaniec
Christopher Hallinan
Bernard Sutton