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Inventec boosts AI server output with Siemens DFM tools

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Inventec adopts Siemens DFM and SMT tools to speed AI server production, halving late design changes and boosting manufacturing quality.
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Siemens buys ASTER to boost PCB test design software

Fri, 16th Jan 2026
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Siemens buys French PCB test software specialist ASTER to embed shift-left design-for-test tools into its Xpedition and Valor platforms.
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Siemens unveils AI-powered EDA platform for chip & PCB design

Thu, 26th Jun 2025
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Siemens launches AI-powered EDA platform integrating NVIDIA tech to boost chip and PCB design productivity and streamline workflows securely.
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Siemens launches AI-powered PCB design tools for smaller teams

Fri, 23rd May 2025
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Siemens launches AI-powered PADS Pro Essentials and Xpedition Standard software to simplify PCB design for small and mid-sized electronics businesses.
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SMT market to reach USD$16.8 billion by 2034 – FMI

Wed, 19th Jun 2024
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The surface mount technology market is set to soar, driven by advances in electronics, healthcare, telecom, and automotive sectors.
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Automated test equipment market to be US$23.76 billion by 2033:FMI

Tue, 9th May 2023
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Swift digitization and inclusion of IoT devices in manufacturing and corporate spaces to plunge the automated test equipment market at US$23.76 billion by 2033.
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Apple now powered by 100% renewable energy - will suppliers follow suit?

Tue, 10th Apr 2018
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The company also announced that nine additional manufacturing partners have committed to power all of their Apple production with 100% clean energy.