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Specctra

Specctra is a commercial PCB auto-router originally developed by John F. Cooper and David Chyan of Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc. (CCT) in 1989. The company and product were taken over by Cadence Design Systems in May 1997. Since its integration into Cadence's Allegro PCB Editor, the name of the router is Allegro PCB Router. The latest version is 17.4 –…

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Developer
Cadence Design Systems
License
Proprietary
Operating system
Unix, Windows
Original authors
Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc.
Release
1989
Stable release
17.4 – 22.1 / 20 October 2022

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Specctra

Nodes14
Edges13
Triples36
Avg. degree1.86
Density0.142857
Components1

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Specctra

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related to Further reading · 26
Specctra → Allegro PCB Router, Altium Limited, Archived, Award, Cadence Receives Gene Marsh, California, CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Chyan Technology Inc, Cooper, CS1, David Chyan, December, Inc Annual Report, Interface, Morning Star, PCB, PCB Design Conference East, PDF, Release, Retrieved
Developer · 1
Specctra → Cadence Design Systems
License · 1
Specctra → Proprietary
Operating system · 1
Specctra → Unix, Windows
Original authors · 1
Specctra → Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc.
Release · 1
Specctra → 1989
Stable release · 1
Specctra → 17.4 – 22.1 / 20 October 2022
Type · 1
Specctra → САD
Website · 1
Specctra → http://www.cadence.com/
is a · 1
Specctra → commercial PCB auto-router originally developed by John F

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pcb design cadence technology systems router boards routing original chyan inc allegro archived 2022-11-14 dsn auto-router cooper retrieved editor printed

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SpecctraDeveloperCadence Design Systems1.00infobox
SpecctraLicenseProprietary1.00infobox
SpecctraOperating systemUnix, Windows1.00infobox
SpecctraOriginal authorsCooper & Chyan Technology, Inc.1.00infobox
SpecctraRelease19891.00infobox
SpecctraStable release17.4 – 22.1 / 20 October 20221.00infobox
SpecctraTypeСАD1.00infobox
SpecctraWebsitehttp://www.cadence.com/1.00infobox
Specctrais acommercial PCB auto-router originally developed by John F0.90text
Specctrarelated to External linksOfficial0.60section
Specctrarelated to Further readingXNAS0.60section
Specctrarelated to Further readingCDNS Cadence Design Systems0.60section

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