In a message dated 6/9/2004 5:44:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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1) What  is your Job title?
Principle PCB Designer
2) Are you involved in PCB Design or some  other activity - (please indicate)
PCB Design and Validation
3) What type of boards do you  create?
RF, Digital, Test
4) How large is a typical design team at your  company?
100 nets to 1000 nets
5) What is the duration of your typical design  time?
2-3 weeks
6) What percentage of the time spent is on Schematic  Development?
25%-30%
7) What percentage of the time spent is on PCB Design or  Layout
50%-60%
8) What percentage of the time spent is on Manufacturing  support
10%
9) What percentage of the time spent is on Signal Integrity  analysis
0000000
10) What percentage of the time spent is on Thermal/EMI
0% (best be done prior to design)
11)  How many boards are typically in your projects?
5-10
12) How many FPGA's or ASIC's  are used in your  projects?
0-3
13) What is the average layer count of your PCB designs
4-6
14) What is the typical clock speed or frequency your designs operate  at?
RF <2GHz, Digital up to 300MHz
15) Do  you consider your designs to be 'high speed'?
Some
16) Will you be doing much more, more, the same, less, or much less  designs
next year?
Ain't got time to do more so I guess the same
17)  What CAD tool(s) do you use?
PCAD/MENTOR expedition
18) Do you plan on spending more, same or  less on CAD tools next year?
More (looking at/for new tools)
19) Are Signal Integrity tools  important to the success of your board
designs?
NO!
20) Are you very satisfied, satisfied, or not satisfied with your  design
tools?
not very satisfied
21) What does your CAD tool do Right? Or Wrong?  What do you like about it
and not like about it.


Too much to answer

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