Altium Wins NPI Award for Altium Designer 10 Software at PCB West

We are thrilled at the quality and number of entrants for the 2011 PCD&F NPI Award, said UP Media Group editorial director Mike Buetow. The entries were very strong and competitive, and the judges had a difficult time with their selections. Based on the judges' comments, we believe Altium Designer 10 is a significant new product for printed circuit board design due to its ability to allow FPGA/PCB co-design and real-time 3D PCB design, while linking users directly to the supply chain.

The goal for Altium Designer 10 was to unify PCB, FPGA and embedded design while utilizing a new web-based ecosystem for not only design content, but continuous updates and new plug-ins as well, said Bob Potock, director of marketing for Altium Americas. This next-generation design approach has received positive feedback from customers, and an industry endorsement like this award from PCD&F further validates that Altium Designer 10 is helping the electronics design industry take that next step forward.

Altium Designer 10 provides lifecycle management, team-based PCB design, real-time 3D PCB design, integrated version control, configurable release processes, connectivity IP and more. It utilizes AltiumLive, a connected web ecosystem that acts as a conduit for delivering content and services directly to customers.

In addition, Altium's innovative Vault server technology is a workgroup data management solution with lifecycle management that bridges the design process and the supply chain. It provides designers a data management system hosted in-house or in the cloud that maintains the integrity of the data from design creation to manufacturing release.