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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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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specctra | Developer | Cadence Design Systems | 1.00 | infobox |
| Specctra | License | Proprietary | 1.00 | infobox |
| Specctra | Operating system | Unix, Windows | 1.00 | infobox |
| Specctra | Original authors | Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Specctra | Release | 1989 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Specctra | Stable release | 17.4 – 22.1 / 20 October 2022 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Specctra | Type | САD | 1.00 | infobox |
| Specctra | Website | http://www.cadence.com/ | 1.00 | infobox |
| Specctra | is a | commercial PCB auto-router originally developed by John F | 0.90 | text |
| Specctra | related to External links | Official | 0.60 | section |
| Specctra | related to Further reading | XNAS | 0.60 | section |
| Specctra | related to Further reading | CDNS Cadence Design Systems | 0.60 | section |
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