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Cascade Microtech, Inc. is introducing a new Multipurpose Electromigration (MPEM) module featuring an intuitive, full-featured test suite for predicting the lifetime and reliability of copper interconnects in modern integrated circuits.

At a Keysight Technologies press conference held at EDI CON China on April 15, which was aimed primarily at the Chinese press Liz Ruetsch, Keysight Technologies strategic marketing manager, based in Beijing, China, focused on the development of 5G technologies.

Mentor Graphics Corp. announced the delivery of three new PADS® family products starting at unprecedented pricing of five thousand dollars to address the advancing needs of the independent engineer. The new PADS family provides for the wide spectrum of electronics complexity by combining ease of learning and use, characteristic of previous market-leading PADS products, with high-productivity design and analysis technologies and unprecedented price-performance value.

Intercept Technology Inc., a leading EDA software developer for PCB, RF and hybrid design solutions, announced the promotion of Lindy Kretchmer as marketing manager.

Holzworth Instrumentation will showcase its new HSX Series Signal Generators at the IMS2015 exhibition in Phoenix.

Anritsu Co. introduces Web Remote Tools for its Spectrum Master™ MS2720T handheld spectrum analyzer that allows the instruments to be controlled from any web-enabled device, including laptops, tablets, and smart phones, over an Ethernet link. Web Remote Tools gives field technicians greater flexibility when conducting measurements and makes it more time- and cost-efficient to conduct RF spectrum monitoring, as well as test Remote Radio Heads (RRUs) and other inaccessible radio units at 3G and 4G base stations.

Maury Microwave's Stability™ cable assemblies are now offered with 1.85 mm connectors and operate mode-free to 67 GHz.

NXP Semiconductors has announced that two of its engineers have been nominated for the EPO European Inventor Award. Franz Amtmann and Philippe Maugars, along with their teams, have been recognized for their work in the creation of near field communication.

Covering topics from the historical to the development of technology for the future the first meeting of the ARMMS RF & Microwave Society in 2015, sponsored by e2v and held in Oxford, UK was a sell-out.

The SICRAL 2 military telecommunications satellite was successfully launched on April 26 with an Arianespace launch vehicle from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. SICRAL 2 is a joint program between the Ministry of Defense in Italy and Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) in France for the benefit of Italian and French armed forces, with stakes of 62 percent and 38 percent respectively. It is conducted by Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio, the two companies in the Space Alliance created by Finmeccanica and Thales.