Web-style intranet speeds design flow

Article Abstract:

The Web and Internet are becoming increasingly important in the product development process. Projects are becoming bigger and more complex, and at the same time, less time is available for projects' completion, and these factors favor Web-enablement. Agilent is an example of a company using the Web to streamline project development. Agilent's intranet permits the company's engineering, marketing, design, and manufacturing divisions to share information about a product they all are working on, even though different stages of the development process might be involved.

Product Development, Methods, Usage, Management issue, Intranets, Intranet

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Lasers speed up board production

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Conductor patterns can be written directly onto photoresist using laser beams. The technique, called laser direct imaging (LDI), reduces production time of circuit-board prototypes by half. So far, production of printed circuits using LDI amounts to less than 1 percent of the worldwide volume, but the percent is expected to increase. LDI systems vendors include: Etec Systems; Orbotech; Creo; and Pentax.

Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing, Electronic components, not elsewhere classified, Printed Circuit Boards, Analysis, Innovations, Electronic components industry, Printed circuits, Laser industry

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Take off, plug in, dial up

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Four hundred attendees at the Inflight Passenger Entertainment and Communications Conference, held in Apr 2001, in London, were informed about innovative technologies under development. For example, e-mail and Web access are on the way. So are cellular telephone and wireless modem use, as well as live radio and television.

Passenger Air Transport, Scheduled Air Transportation, Air transportation, scheduled, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Airlines, Industry event, Special events

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