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SAN JOSE – September semiconductors sales set another high as manufacturers geared up for the fourth-quarter holiday season. Global chip sales reached $21.4 billion, up 9.3% year-over-year and 4.2 % sequentially, on strong demand for cellphones, MP3 players and PCs, the Semiconductor Industry Association said today.

For the quarter, global semiconductor sales were $64.1 billion, up 8%. Year-to-date, sales reached $182.6 billion, up 8.9% and on pace for a record.

MILPITAS, CA - Lenthor Engineering had published the latest version of its Flexible Circuit Design Guide. The updated document, revision 6.0, provides more comprehensive technical descriptions of material construction requirements for the full range of flexible circuitry. It includes full-color graphics and descriptions on construction of single-sided, double-sided and multilayer flexible circuits. The book covers standards, flex circuit types and classifications, terminology, manufacturing tolerances, construction of single- and double-sided and multilayer flex and rigid-flex boards, drawing notes, panelization, limitations, electrical design, stiffeners, and hole-to-copper features. It is available online at www.lenthor.com.

YAVNE, ISRAEL – Valor Computerized Systems installed its Trilogy 5000 pre-production engineering software and parts library at Hitachi’s manufacturing facility in Orléans (Loiret), France. Hitachi’s machine program processing time has reportedly been reduced by 50% since the installation, Valor said in a press statement. Valor’s parts library is an online data service covering more than 36 million component geometries. Trilogy 5000 is a pre-production engineering tool for NPI, assembly preparation and optimization, test and factory floor documentation.