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When design meets manufacturing: Why the digital thread and digital twin are leadership imperatives

December 22, 2025

When design and manufacturing operate without a cohesive digital twin, the consequences ripple across the enterprise.

By Stephen V. Chavez
4 MIN READ
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Optimizing multi-domain collaboration: turning engineering complexity into competitive advantage

December 8, 2025

Multi-domain collaboration is no longer a technical nice-to-have. It is a business imperative.

By Stephen V. Chavez
3 MIN READ
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Top 5 benefits of Xpedition Standard

November 21, 2025

Xpedition Standard brings enterprise-level PCB design power into a flexible, approachable environment that evolves alongside your business.

By David Haboud
4 MIN READ

Latest posts

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Six common questions about power module cooling

April 6, 2023

Power modules are essential components in power electronics, providing power conversion and power management. However, they generate a considerable amount…

By wilfriedwessel
4 MIN READ
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Analyze your PCB design with HyperLynx BoardSim in the PADS Professional Premium flow

April 4, 2023

After a board has been routed in PADS Professional Premium Layout, you have a critical opportunity to analyze your design…

By Shivani Joshi
2 MIN READ

Making Parts Part of Manufacturing Driven Design

April 4, 2023

When it comes to PCB assembly level MDD, many designers have not concerned themselves with the component manufacturing Bill of Material (BOM). Designers work from a CAD library that has component libraries associated with internal part numbers (IPN) their company uses. The CAD Design Rule Checking software uses those CAD library shapes for its analysis and even, in some cases, the avoidance of where components are placed. There is nothing wrong conceptually with this mentality. However, like all things, the details matter.

By Patrick McGoff
5 MIN READ
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Why you should attend User2User – North America

March 31, 2023

This one-day Siemens EDA User Group Meeting at the Santa Clara Marriott on Thursday, April 13th is your opportunity to…

By Julie Weber
6 MIN READ
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PCB design best practices: design reuse

March 29, 2023

The next best practice in this pillar that I’m going to dive deeper into is design reuse. I can tell…

By Stephen V. Chavez
4 MIN READ
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DDR and AMS Simulation in the PADS Professional Premium flow

March 21, 2023

Analysis at every step of the design process has become essential in producing quality boards with less rerun time and…

By Shivani Joshi
3 MIN READ
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How to answer five common questions about power module current density

March 21, 2023

Power module current density is an important factor in determining the efficiency and performance of power modules. It can vary…

By wilfriedwessel
3 MIN READ
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PCB design best practices: concurrent design

March 17, 2023

The second PCB design best practice that falls into the engineering productivity and efficiency pillar is concurrent design. What is…

By Stephen V. Chavez
4 MIN READ
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What’s new in PADS Professional release VX.2.13

March 15, 2023

The new VX.2.13 release of PADS Professional has improvements for the following features in PADS Professional layout. Enhancements to the…

By Jim Martens
2 MIN READ