<s>
P-CAD	B-Algorithm
was	O
the	O
brand	O
name	O
of	O
Personal	O
CAD	O
Systems	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
California	O
based	O
manufacturer	O
of	O
electronic	O
design	O
automation	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
divested	O
into	O
ACCEL	O
Technologies	O
which	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Altium	B-Algorithm
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
in	O
2006	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
retired	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
Altium	B-Algorithm
Designer	I-Algorithm
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Personal	B-Algorithm
CAD	I-Algorithm
Systems	I-Algorithm
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1982	O
by	O
Richard	O
Nedbal	O
and	O
Roy	O
Prasad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
P-CAD	B-Algorithm
was	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
personal	O
computers	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
just	O
becoming	O
popular	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
IBM	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
P-CAD	B-Algorithm
went	O
on	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
company	O
with	O
the	O
biggest	O
installed	O
base	O
of	O
users	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Design	O
Automation	O
(	O
EDA	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
over	O
10,000	O
users	O
by	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
P-CAD	B-Algorithm
was	O
the	O
most	O
prolific	O
EDA	O
company	O
as	O
measured	O
by	O
its	O
user	O
base	O
,	O
easily	O
surpassing	O
established	O
CAD	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Autotrol	O
,	O
Calma	O
,	O
Intergraph	O
,	O
Daisy	O
,	O
Mentor	O
,	O
Cadnetix	O
,	O
CAE	O
Systems	O
,	O
ECAD	O
,	O
SDA	O
Systems	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
P-CAD	B-Algorithm
'	O
s	O
flagship	O
products	O
included	O
schematic	O
capture	O
,	O
logic	O
simulation	O
and	O
PCB	O
layout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
P-CAD	B-Algorithm
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Cadam	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Lockheed	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
being	O
sold	O
to	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
acquisition	O
,	O
P-CAD	B-Algorithm
had	O
an	O
installed	O
base	O
of	O
over	O
100,000	O
end	O
users	O
,	O
a	O
record	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
P-CAD	B-Algorithm
group	O
was	O
divested	O
by	O
selling	O
to	O
ACCEL	O
Technologies	O
,	O
an	O
EDA	O
software	O
corporation	O
from	O
San	O
Diego	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Protel	B-Algorithm
International	O
Pty	O
Ltd	O
(	O
now	O
Altium	B-Algorithm
)	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
P-CAD	B-Algorithm
product	O
included	O
schematic	O
capture	O
,	O
component	O
library	O
management	O
,	O
PCB	O
layout	O
and	O
routing	O
,	O
parametric	O
constraint	O
solver	O
and	O
auto-routing	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
P-CAD	B-Algorithm
was	O
P-CAD	B-Algorithm
2006	O
with	O
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
made	O
by	O
Altium	B-Algorithm
,	O
who	O
retired	O
the	O
product	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Altium	B-Algorithm
Designer	I-Algorithm
.	O
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