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Altium

Altium Limited is an international software company based in La Jolla, California. Founded as Protel Systems in 1985, it provides electronic design automation software to engineers for designing printed circuit boards. Its products are designed for use in a Microsoft Windows environment and used in industries such as automotive, aerospace, defence and…

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Founded
1985; 41 years ago (1985)
Industry
EDA, printed circuit boards, FPGA, embedded systems, electronic design
Headquarters
La Jolla, California, United States Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia (registered)
Area served
United States Australia China Europe Japan
Founder
Nick Martin
Key people
Aram Mirkazemi (CEO) · Samuel Weiss (chairman)

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related to Further reading · 53
Altium → Altium CircuitStudio, Altium Goes, Altium Leads Another Design, Altium Releases Designer, Altium's, April, Archived, Board Design Can Be, Buetow, CAD, Chelsey, Circuit Assembly, Clive, Clouds, CS1, December, Desktop NanoBoard, Drysdale, EDA DeignLine, EDA DesignLine
related to Other Products · 32
Altium → AccelEDA, Acquired, Altium Agile, Altium Agile/Develop, Altium Concord Pro, Altium Designer, Altium NEXUS, Altium Vault, As, AutoTRAX, CircuitMaker, CircuitStudio, Concord Pro, Data-management, Earlier, EasyTRAX, Embedded, Initially, Mid-tier PCB-design, NanoBoard
related to history · 26
Altium → ACCEL Technologies, Autotrax, Canada, DOS, DOS-based, Easytrax, He, HST Technology Pty Ltd, In, In October, Inc, Mexico, Nicholas Martin, PC, PCB, Protel, Protel PCB, Protel Schematic, Protel Systems Pty Ltd, San Diego
related to 1999–2010: IPO and name change to Altium · 15
Altium → ACCEL, Asia, Australian Securities Exchange, EDA, Europe, Hoschar AG, In, In August, It, Protel, Protel Systems, SE, Tasking, The, United States
related to 2011-2023: Expansion and acquisitions · 14
Altium → Aram Mirkazemi, California, CEO, China, In, In May, Kayvan Oboudiyat, Kayvan Oboudiyat's, Nick Martin, On January, On October, PCB CAD, San Diego, Shanghai
related to Altium Agile · 10
Altium → Agile Enterprise, Agile Teams, Altium Agile, Each, Jira, PLM, SiliconExpert, The, These, Z2Data
related to 2024 to present: Purchase by Renesas Electronics · 9
Altium → AI-powered, August, In February, In January, Milwaukee-based, Part Analytics, Renesas Electronics, The, US
related to Octopart · 9
Altium → Bills, BOM Tool, BOMs, CAD, It, Materials, Octopart, Octopart's, The
related to Solutions · 9
Altium → Altium Agile, Altium Designer, Altium Develop, Altium Discover, Altium's, Beginning, Its, PCB, PCBs
related to Altium Develop · 7
Altium → Altium Develop, Engineers, Every, For, PCB, The, Users

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electronics design pcb platform software data product agile designer systems 2024 tool company protel eda develop electronic circuit acquired development

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AltiumArea servedUnited States Australia China Europe Japan1.00infobox
AltiumFounded1985; 41 years ago (1985)1.00infobox
AltiumFounderNick Martin1.00infobox
AltiumHeadquartersLa Jolla, California, United States Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia (registered)1.00infobox
AltiumIndustryEDA, printed circuit boards, FPGA, embedded systems, electronic design1.00infobox
AltiumKey peopleAram Mirkazemi (CEO)1.00infobox
AltiumKey peopleSamuel Weiss (chairman)1.00infobox
AltiumParentRenesas Electronics (2024–)1.00infobox
AltiumProductsAltium Designer, Altium Concord Pro, Altium NEXUS, Vault, CircuitStudio, CircuitMaker, TASKING, Octopart, Ciiva, Upverter, Altium 3651.00infobox
AltiumTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
AltiumWebsitealtium.com1.00infobox
automotiveinstance ofIts products are designed for use in a Microsoft Windows environment and used in industries0.80text

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