WILSONVILLE, OR -- Continuing its tradition of promoting and recognizing printed circuit board (PCB) design excellence, Mentor Graphics announced the winners of its 22nd annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards (TLA).
Started in 1988, this program is the longest running competition of its kind in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry, claims Mentor. It recognizes engineers and computer aided design (CAD) designers who use innovative methods and design tools to address today's complex PCB systems' design challenges and produce industry-leading products.
"The entries for Mentor's 2010 TLA reflect an excellent 'cross-section' of the electronics industry, representing today's more advanced and complex electronic circuits," said Happy Holden, vice president and chief technical officer, Foxconn Advanced Technology Group.
He added, "This year was more difficult to judge and all entries employed very advanced technologies. The high-pin count FPGAs and ASICs were particularly abundant and some went to new miniaturizations with very fine-pitch devices of 0.5 mm pitch. It was encouraging that most designers are leveraging their Mentor Graphics tools to implement innovative approaches with advanced PCB technologies like HDI/microvias."
Industry experts judged entries from around the world in five categories representing a wide variety of industries. The PCB industry expert judges included Happy Holden, vice president and chief technical officer, Foxconn Advanced Technology Group; Gary Ferrari, technical support director, FTG Circuits; Pete Waddell, president of UP Media, publisher of Printed Circuit Design & Fab/Circuits Assembly Magazine; Andy Kowalewski, senior interconnect designer, AdvantagePCB; and Rick Hartley, senior principal engineer, Avionics Division of L-3 Communications.
Mentor Graphics 2010 Technology Leadership Award Winners
Category: Best Overall Design Company Name: GE Intelligent Platforms (UK) -- Using: Expedition(R) Enterprise Design Team: Paul Curran, Mike Tapp, Rob Savage, John Digby
Category: Consumer Electronics and Handhelds Company Name: Seagate (USA) -- Using: Expedition Enterprise Design Team: Diane Williams, Dave Williamson, Mark Roberts
Runner Up: Qualcomm Inc (USA) -- Using: Board Station(R) XE Design Team: Larry Paul, Bryan Selby, Jason Yeo, Yongsheng Peng, Christine Henry, David Bahnemann, Andres March, Yang Zhang
Category: Industrial Control, Instrumentation, Security and Medical
Company Name: JSC ELINS, (Russian Federation) -- Using: Expedition Enterprise Design Team: Dmitry Belyaev, Vladimir Sikoev, Evgeniya Tevs
Runner Up: GE Intelligent Platforms (US) -- Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Harold Donaldson, Jack Henslee, Matt Ferguson
Category: Military & Aerospace Company Name: General Dynamics (Canada) -- Using: Board Station XE Design Team: Rene Allard, George Claridge, Kevin Fitzgerald, Cristian Filip, Luc Bouchard
Runner Up: Astrium (UK) -- Using: Expedition Enterprise Design Team: Mark Walker, Sean Manning, Bob Masterton, Stephen Williams, Jon Hill
Category: Computers, Blade and Servers, Memory Systems Company Name: ZTE, (China) -- Using: Expedition Enterprise Design Team: Zhang Meijuan, Guo Yonggang, Peng Shuifei, Chen Huifeng
Runner Up: Broadcom, (USA) -- Using: Expedition Enterprise Designer: Rich Pitta
Category: Telecom, Network Controllers, Line Cards Company Name: Alcatel-Lucent (Italy) -- Using: Board Station XE Design Team: Lugi Aldeghi, Fabrizio Crippa, Massimiliano Severi, Giuseppe Sorbara, Lucia Marta, Ivan Malaspina, Luigi Brambilla
Runners Up: SIENNA ECAD Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (India) -- Using: PADS(R) Design Team: Srinivas R, Savita Rajesh Alcatel-Lucent (Israel) -- Using: Expedition Enterprise Design Team: Elad Noach, Rafi Zalalihin, Tamir Hazan
Category: Transportation & Automotive Company Name: Huizhou-Desay Automotive (China) -- Using: Expedition Enterprise Designer: Tan Baichuan
Runner Up: Huizhou-Desay Automotive (China) -- Using: Expedition Enterprise Designer: Huaquan Li
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