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October 8, 2008: Rapid prototyping made easy
Altium has released a series of new online training videos that help engineers, regardless of experience, harness the power of programmable logic to explore concepts and develop next-generation electronic designs using Altium’s Innovation Station – the world’s most reconfigurable development system.
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October 6, 2008: Heidelberg Instruments standardises on Altium solutions for next generation lithography systems
Altium has announced that Heidelberg Instruments GmbH has selected Altium as its electronics design standard. Altium’s solution will be used across all electronics design teams at Heidelberg Instruments’ R&D headquarters located in Heidelberg, Germany.
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October 3, 2008: Altium Q1 sales and revenue update for FY09
Altium Limited has released its financial results for the first quarter ending 30 September, 2008, reporting sales growth of 28% and revenue growth of 22%.
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September 30, 2008: Altium strengthens presence in France
Altium has appointed CADvision as its channel partner in France. Altium and CADvision will launch its new partnership at the Sophia Antipolis MicroElectronics (SAME) Forum, held October 1-2, 2008.
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September 29, 2008: Altium opens up further possibilities for next-generation electronics design
Altium has extended its FPGA support to include the Altera Stratix® III and LatticeXP2 families of programmable devices.
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September 22, 2008: Altium wins engineering peer accolade
Altium Limited has won the inaugural Software and Embedded Systems category in this year’s Engineers Australia Engineering Excellence Awards.
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September 11, 2008: Altium expands reseller channel in Japan
Altium is appointing six master distributors which will sell Altium’s unified electronics design solutions. Altium’s new master distributors are Advanced Technology Corporation of Japan, ADT Co., Ltd., Ryoyo Electro Corporation, Sophia Systems Co. Ltd., Tokyo Electron Device Limited and Vitec System Engineering Inc.
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September 9, 2008: Digi-Key Corporation and Altium Limited Announce Global Distribution Agreement
Digi-Key Corporation, a global distributor of electronic components, and Altium, have announced a global distribution agreement
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August 6, 2008: Next generation of electronics engineers shine light on future energy technology
Altium is supporting the future of design innovation in two student projects from the University of New South Wales and the University of Iowa. The students are using Altium’s unified electronics design solution to design, build and race solar cars in a series of competitions to promote the development of solar energy.
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July 23, 2008: Altium export drives Chinese innovation
Altium has announced significant investments in China which will accelerate the migration of users to Altium’s latest-generation electronics design tool, and boost the teaching of unified electronics engineering in Chinese universities.
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July 23, 2008: Austrade on the China Opportunity
Austrade has commented on Altium’s investment in the China electronics design industry. Chief Economist Tim Harcourt sees Altium’s success as a symbol of the economical phenomenon of modern China and the important role that Australia has played in that transformation.
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July 2, 2008: Altium joins European fight against piracy
Altium has extended its Business Software Alliance (BSA) membership to include the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The move will strengthen Altium’s IP protection and complement its anti-piracy movements in China and the rest of Asia.
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June 18, 2008: New publishing and version control features from Altium put real control of design data back in organizations’ hands
Altium has added new project management and design data publishing capabilities to its unified electronic design solution that significantly help electronics designers manage the complexity of today’s multi-faceted design projects.
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June 17, 2008: Innovative design key to growth in UK electronics design
Altium’s channel partner for the UK and Ireland, Premier EDA Solutions, is Altium’s EMEA reseller of the year. The award recognizes the significant and sustained growth achieved in the region over the past few years.
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June 17, 2008: Breaking down the barriers to innovation at National Electronics Week
Altium is joining forces with its UK channel partner Premier EDA Solutions, and customers such as Linn, Mars, Hawkshead Designs and Marshall, at the National Electronics Week. It’s a show of force to demonstrate that innovation in electronics design is alive and well in the UK.
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June 4, 2008: Altium provides way forward for Cadence© Allegro© users
Altium has announced a new file importer for its award-winning Altium Designer unified design system that allows Allegro files to be easily brought into Altium Designer.
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May 28, 2008: At last! Electronics designers and mechanical designers can now collaborate in real time
Altium has introduced technology that, for the first time, lets electronics designers fit their boards into enclosures in real time, in 3D, without guesswork. They can eliminate the numerous costly, trial-and-error, “wait-and-see” ECAD-MCAD iterations that, until now, have delayed bringing a product to market.
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April 24, 2008: Altium launches technical online forum for China’s electronics designers
Altium Limited has launched the Altium Technical Forum for its licensed users in China, with local language support.
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April 24, 2008: Altium invests for growth in Japan
Altium Limited has appointed Satoshi Yamada as Regional Director - Japan.
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April 15, 2008: New plug and play options for Altium’s Innovation Station
Altium continues to develop and expand the Altium Innovation Station with a range of new FPGA daughter boards and additional plug-in peripheral boards.

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Read press release: Altium previews new Xilinx® Virtex®-5 FPGA daughter board at ESC
Read press release: Altium previews two new Xilinx® Spartan®-3A FPGA daughter boards at ESC
Read press release: Altium shows plug-in Actel® ProASIC®3E daughter board for its NanoBoard reconfigurable hardware development platform
Read background release: Altium’s extended range of NanoBoards opens up new hardware possibilities
Read technology backgrounder: Designing with the Altium Innovation Station
Press pictures: Altium Innovation and Altium’s new deployment NanoBoard range

April 07, 2008: Altium significantly strengthens reseller network in India
Altium Limited has appointed Trident Techlabs and Mistral Solutions to its network of value added resellers in India. They join Altium’s existing reseller Embedded System Solutions
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April 07, 2008: Young robot designers innovate with Altium’s support
Altium has donated licenses of its Altium Designer unified electronics design software to FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) for use in its annual robotics design competition.
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April 4, 2008: Altium expands versatility of Altium Innovation Station
Following hot on the heels of its recently announced Altium Innovation – Altium has released a new plug-in daughter board hosting a Xilinx® Virtex™-4 high-performance FPGA.
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April 3, 2008: Altium: Turning electronics design inside out
Altium Limited has set out to change the way design is done with Altium Innovation Station – a complete, unified electronics design environment that puts device intelligence at the centre of the design process.
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February 5, 2008: Launching the Altium Innovation Station – device intelligence for sustainable differentiation

Altium is launching its Altium Innovation Station in a worldwide roll-out, starting at DesignCon.

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Read press release: Turning electronics design inside out – device intelligence with or without hardware
Read press release: Interview with CEO Nick Martin
Read press release: Altium’s extended range of NanoBoards opens up new hardware possibilities
Press pictures: Nick Martin and Altium’s new deployment NanoBoard range
Watch video: Introducing Altium’s Innovation Station

January 24, 2008: Combining electronics design software and reconfigurable hardware: Altium at EDS Fair
Altium will be demonstrating new ways to do electronics at this year’s Electronic Design and Solution (EDS) Fair.
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January 18, 2008: Tomorrow’s Australian electronics designers taking their first steps
Altium is working with the University of New South Wales’ Gifted Education Research Resource and Information Centre (GERRIC) to introduce high-school students to the future of electronics design.
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January 17, 2008: University of Tokyo chooses Altium Designer for satellite program
Altium has secured a deal with the University of Tokyo’s Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory (ISSL) to become the electronics design platform for its satellite development programme.
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