This white paper explores the benefits of product-centric design and how it differs from current-generation PCB-centric processes and tools.

Topics

• Building more competitive products
• Extended product life cycle – the mobile phone
• The PCB-centric product development process
• The shift to product-centric design
  • The arrival of the SOC changed board-based design
  • Changing the human interface – touch sensing and display technology
  • Connectivity – the Internet of Things
  • Materials and fabrication technology
• Designing products with product-centric design
  • Product-based virtual prototyping
  • Block-based design and reuse management
  • 2D/3D multi-board planning and design
  • The convergence of ECAD and MCAD
  • Chip-package-board co-design
  • IP Management

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