WILSONVILLE, Ore., Aug. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor Graphics
Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced the call-for-entries of
its 25th annual Technology Leadership Awards (TLA)
competition, continuing its tradition of recognizing
excellence in printed circuit board (PCB) design. Started in 1988,
this program is the longest running competition of its kind in the
electronic design automation (EDA) industry. It recognizes
engineers and CAD designers who use the innovative technology
provided by Mentor Graphics to address today's complex PCB systems
design challenges and produce industry-leading products.
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Prominent experts in the PCB industry will judge the contest,
including: Happy Holden, Gentex Corporation (retired); Gary Ferrari, FTG Circuits technical support
director; Pete Waddell, president of
UP Media and publisher of Printed Circuit Design &
Fab/Circuits Assembly Magazine; Andy
Kowalewski, Metamelko LP senior interconnect designer;
Rick Hartley, L-3
Communications/Avionics Division senior principal engineer;
Susy Webb, Fairfield Nodal senior PCB designer; and
Charles Pfeil, Mentor Graphics
Systems Design Division director of engineering.
Mentor continues to be in the forefront of recognizing and
rewarding excellent designs. The TLA awards allow designers who are
using innovative ideas and design practices to be rewarded for
their outside-the-box thinking in a way that nothing else in the
industry does," stated Susy
Webb, senior PCB designer, Fairfield
Nodal. "These new practices will add to the general
knowledge and creativity of the whole community of designers by
leading them to try new and different concepts themselves."
This year, entrants will be able to submit their design
accomplishments in any of six categories representing a wide
variety of industries:
- Consumer electronics and handheld
- Industrial control, instrumentation, security and medical
- Military and aerospace
- Computers, blade and servers, memory systems
- Telecom, network controllers, line cards
- Transportation and automotive
"Our annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards contest provides a
worldwide opportunity for talented designers to showcase innovative
designs. Each year we see ever increasing challenges and the
use of new technologies implemented," said Dan Boncella, director of marketing, Mentor
Graphics Systems Design Division. "The submissions for this contest
are really quite impressive. We are expecting this year's
competition to be bigger than ever, with entries from many major
electronics companies, as well as from smaller teams."
Winners will be named for each category, plus a "Best Overall
Design" recipient. The timeframe for submitting entries is from
August 19th through
September 26th, 2014.
Entrants can apply online at www.mentor.com/go/tla.
About the Technology Leadership Awards Contest
The Mentor® TLA contest is open to any designs created with the
Mentor® PCB solutions, including the Board Station®, Xpedition® and
PADS® design flows. Judging will be based on overcoming complexity
challenges, such as small form factor, high-speed content, design
team collaboration, advanced PCB fabrication technologies and
design-cycle time reduction. Winners will be announced December 1st on a worldwide web
broadcast.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation
(NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and
software design solutions, providing products, consulting services
and award-winning support for the world's most successful
electronic, semiconductor and systems companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues in the last fiscal year of
about $1.15 billion. Corporate
headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web
site: http://www.mentor.com/.
Mentor Graphics, Mentor, Board Station, PADS and Xpedition are
registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other
company or product names are the registered trademarks or
trademarks of their respective owners.
For more information, please contact:
Larry Toda
Mentor Graphics
503.685.1664
larry_toda@mentor.com
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