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CAD for microelectronics
Turnkey analysis Applicon and Structural Dynamics Research Corporation have joined together to put SDRC's analysis software on Applicon's turnkey CAD/ CAM systems. First programs to be incorporated are SUPERTAB, for building, viewing and editing finiteelement models, and OUTPUT DISPLAY, for interpreting graphically the results of finite-element analysis. Joint walk-in service centres will be set up in London, Paris, Weisbaden in West Germany, Dallas and San Diego. These will complement the service centre set up in June 1979 at SDRC headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Companies can evaluate the system, train draftsmen (SRDC claim to have designers producing productive work within two weeks), and use the resources for overflow work. Hire charges in the USA are,~70-80/h including operator. (Applicon UK, Regent House, Heaton Lane, 5tockport SK4 IDA, UK. Tel: 061-429 7227 or 5DRC-Engineering Services Limited, York House, Stevenage Road, Hitchin SG4 9D Y, UK.
that 80M £ U A :(£48M) be set aside to support development o f production and test equipment within the EEC, rather than relying on imports from the USA and Japan. The money would come from national budgets for the support of microelectronics and governments would be reimbursed up to 50 per cent of the costs by the EEC when there were at least three member countries participating. According to the EEC Commissioner for Industry, Viscount Etienne Davignon, who also spoke at the conference, there is not much time left if Europe is to remain within reach of its US and Japanese competitors in the market for telematic systems and services. The Commission has been pressing for a strategy since 1974: it is to be hoped that something other
than talk will happen in the next few months or, as Davignon said, the~e will be loss of faith in the ability of the EEC to act on its good intentions.
Prime deals Prime has signed system builder agreements with three UK systems houses: CIS Lid, Applied Research of Cambridge, and Counting House Systems Ltd. Prime's policy is to supply a complete general-purpose computer sys~m, using in particular the 150 and 450 systems. (Prime
Computer (UK) Ltd, The Hounslow Centre, I Lampton Road, Houns/ow, Middlesex TW3 liB, UK. Tel: 01-572 7400. Tx: 938371)
Tel: (0462) 5 7111)
CAD for microelectronics The European Commission, concerned that the EEC lags behind in production and application of microelectronics, has proposed as part of its strategic plan for telematics that 20M EUA (units of account worth around £12M) be spent on CAD and computer-aided testing (CAT) of advanced microelectronic devices over the four years 1981-1984. This was announced by Christopher Layton, EEC Director, High Technology, at a recent conference on telematics (the blend of telecommunications and informatics) sponsored by the UK National Computing Centre and the European Commission. It was envisaged that this work on VLSI chip design, which would cover chip architecture, device modelling, language and data structure and testing, could be undertaken by universities and research institutes in close cooperation with industry. The Commission has also proposed
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Ramtek's 640 x 512 co/our raster display, the 6214, seen above with TDS demonstrator Kate Pickup is now available in the UK. Like the 6114 (see Computer-AidedDesign,September 1980, p271) it uses UCSD PASCAL plus GRA FFPRO graphics procedures implemented to SIGGRAPH CORE recommendations. It can be used as a standalone system or with an R5232 interface as a remote terminal. (Terminal Display Systems Limited, Philips Road, Whitebirk Estate, Blackburn BBI 5TH, UK. Tel: (0254) 676921. Tx: 635693)
computer-aided design
that 80M £ U A :(£48M) be set aside to support development o f production and test equipment within the EEC, rather than relying on imports from the USA and Japan. The money would come from national budgets for the support of microelectronics and governments would be reimbursed up to 50 per cent of the costs by the EEC when there were at least three member countries participating. According to the EEC Commissioner for Industry, Viscount Etienne Davignon, who also spoke at the conference, there is not much time left if Europe is to remain within reach of its US and Japanese competitors in the market for telematic systems and services. The Commission has been pressing for a strategy since 1974: it is to be hoped that something other
than talk will happen in the next few months or, as Davignon said, the~e will be loss of faith in the ability of the EEC to act on its good intentions.
Prime deals Prime has signed system builder agreements with three UK systems houses: CIS Lid, Applied Research of Cambridge, and Counting House Systems Ltd. Prime's policy is to supply a complete general-purpose computer sys~m, using in particular the 150 and 450 systems. (Prime
Computer (UK) Ltd, The Hounslow Centre, I Lampton Road, Houns/ow, Middlesex TW3 liB, UK. Tel: 01-572 7400. Tx: 938371)
Tel: (0462) 5 7111)
CAD for microelectronics The European Commission, concerned that the EEC lags behind in production and application of microelectronics, has proposed as part of its strategic plan for telematics that 20M EUA (units of account worth around £12M) be spent on CAD and computer-aided testing (CAT) of advanced microelectronic devices over the four years 1981-1984. This was announced by Christopher Layton, EEC Director, High Technology, at a recent conference on telematics (the blend of telecommunications and informatics) sponsored by the UK National Computing Centre and the European Commission. It was envisaged that this work on VLSI chip design, which would cover chip architecture, device modelling, language and data structure and testing, could be undertaken by universities and research institutes in close cooperation with industry. The Commission has also proposed
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Ramtek's 640 x 512 co/our raster display, the 6214, seen above with TDS demonstrator Kate Pickup is now available in the UK. Like the 6114 (see Computer-AidedDesign,September 1980, p271) it uses UCSD PASCAL plus GRA FFPRO graphics procedures implemented to SIGGRAPH CORE recommendations. It can be used as a standalone system or with an R5232 interface as a remote terminal. (Terminal Display Systems Limited, Philips Road, Whitebirk Estate, Blackburn BBI 5TH, UK. Tel: (0254) 676921. Tx: 635693)
computer-aided design