SANTA CLARA, CA – Mistakes were made. That was one of the big takeaways from the keynote address at PCB West this week, in which Wally Rhines, CEO of Mentor, traced the evolution of the CAD industry. In doing so, Rhines also offered a glimpse of where the future might be for ECAD and, by extension...

SANTA CLARA, CA -- PCB West, the Silicon Valley's largest conference for the printed circuit board industry, opens here Tuesday. The annual conference and exhibition routinely draws nearly 2,000 attendees in the PCB design, fabrication and assembly industry.