Speeding Edge

Name

Speeding Edge

Legal name

Speeding Edge

Website

https://speedingedge.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electronics Engineering Training and Consulting

NAICS

Computer Training (611420), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Printed Circuit Boards (3672), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825)

akta.pro primary industry

System-Level, Multi-Physics & Package/PCB Co-Design (EDA) (HDAHAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

PCB Fabrication (Rigid PCBs) (HDAHAOAG), PCB Fabrication (Flex & Rigid-Flex PCBs) (HDAHAOAH), Industrial PCB & Substrate Components (Bare PCBs, rigid-flex, ceramic substrates, thick-film) (IMAGAJAM)

Keywords

• High-speed PCB design
• Signal integrity training
• Engineering consulting services
• PCB stackup design
• Electromagnetic interference control

Headquarters

HQ city

Bodega Bay

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Training Courses: The company offers one-day, two-day, and three-day training courses on signal integrity and high-speed PCB system design. Courses are available as private on-site training or public courses. Pricing varies by course length and format.
2. Engineering Consulting: Engineering consulting services addressing hardware system-level design issues including signal integrity engineering, EMI troubleshooting, power subsystem design, and PCB cross-section evaluation. Fees are negotiated on a case-by-case basis.
3. Publications and Digital Products: Sale of technical handbooks (Right the First Time Volumes 1 and 2), Digital Library on CD-ROM, and Current Source newsletter subscriptions. Products available as downloads or physical media.
4. Testing Services: Contract-based laboratory testing services for high-speed PCB impedance and power subsystem testing, performed at customer facilities or Speeding Edge headquarters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Speeding Edge delivers professional training and consulting services for high-speed PCB and system design, including one-, two-, and three-day courses (on-site, public, and online), engineering consulting for signal integrity and EMI issues, test laboratory services for PCB impedance and power subsystem verification, and a proprietary two-volume technical handbook series ("Right the First Time") with a companion digital library and quarterly newsletter. The company focuses on real-world engineering challenges at data rates up to 112 Gb/s for manufacturers of networking, semiconductor, medical, and defense electronics.

Product overview

Speeding Edge is a training and consulting company specializing in high-speed PCB and system design. Their product portfolio centers on their core publications: the two-volume "Right the First Time" handbook series (Volumes 1 and 2), which together provide comprehensive coverage from fundamentals through detailed PCB manufacturing processes. An add-on resource, the Speeding Edge Digital Library (CD-ROM), supplements these books with additional technical articles on power delivery and differential signaling. The company offers a structured training program including one-day focused courses on Power Delivery System Design, PCB Stackup Design, and Getting to 32 Gb/S differential pairs, a comprehensive two-day Signal Integrity and High Speed System Design Course, and an advanced three-day course with emphasis on 112 Gb/s designs. Services include engineering consulting for signal integrity and EMI challenges, and test laboratory services for PCB impedance and power subsystem verification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Right the First Time, Volume 1 Comprehensive technical handbook on high-speed PCB and system design covering transmission line management, signal integrity, power subsystem design, PCB materials, and EMI control. Written by Lee W. Ritchey with co-author John Zasio for hardware design engineers and signal integrity practitioners.
• Right the First Time, Volume 2 Detailed handbook on PCB design and manufacturing covering simulation methodologies, PCB structures, build-up fabrication, bare/assembled board testing, EMI/EMC, differential signaling management, and IC package design. Written for hardware engineers responsible for taking high-speed designs into volume manufacturing.
• Speeding Edge Digital Library CD-ROM collection of technical articles on power delivery and differential signaling, developed in response to questions raised during Speeding Edge training courses and consulting engagements. Functions as an addendum to the two main handbooks for hardware engineers seeking deeper reference material.
• 3-Day Signal Integrity and System Design to 56+ Gb/s Online Course Comprehensive online training course covering signal integrity and high-speed design up to 56+ Gb/s, taught live by Lee Ritchey and Chuck Corley. Targeted at hardware engineers and signal integrity practitioners working on advanced high-speed products.
• One-Day Power Delivery System Design Course On-site course covering power delivery system design including PDS components, power plane design, impedance, system capacitance, and PCB stackup design. Targeted at hardware engineers responsible for power integrity in high-speed products.
• One-Day PCB Stackup Design Course Course on optimizing signal integrity, manufacturability, and reliability of printed circuit boards through proper laminate material selection and stackup design. Targeted at PCB designers and hardware engineers responsible for high-speed board architecture.
• One-Day Getting to 32 Gb/s Course Technical course on designing very high-speed differential pair signal paths covering bandwidth requirements, skew management, laminate choices, and connector selection. Targeted at hardware engineers working on 32 Gb/s and faster designs.
• Two-Day Signal Integrity and High Speed System Design Course Comprehensive two-day course covering transmission line fundamentals, impedance calculation, terminations, PCB structures, crosstalk, differential signaling, power delivery, design rules, EMI containment, and PCB fabrication. Targeted at hardware engineers and engineering managers who need a complete grounding in high-speed design.
• Three-Day Signal Integrity and System Design Course Combined three-day course integrating the two-day signal integrity course with the differential pairs course, with special emphasis on getting to 112 Gb/s for PCIexpress, SATA, Ethernet, and USB protocols. Targeted at engineering teams working on the highest-speed product designs.
• Engineering Consulting Services Hardware system-level design consulting covering signal integrity engineering, EMI problem solving, high-speed PCB and system design, wiring rules, coupling and crosstalk control, PCB cross-section design, power subsystem design, and testing. Priced per day and delivered to enterprise engineering teams.
• Test Laboratory Services Contract-based high-speed PCB impedance and power subsystem testing using time domain reflectometer (TDR) and spectrum analyzer. Verifies transmission line impedances and power supply impedance versus frequency, performed at customer facilities or Speeding Edge headquarters.
• Current Source Newsletter Quarterly subscriber newsletter providing up-to-date information on high-speed PCB and system design issues, including feature articles, tool tips, FAQs, and class information. Targeted at practicing hardware design engineers and signal integrity practitioners.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 6,000 engineering professionals trained through courses
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Isola GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIsola Group, a laminate manufacturer, partners with Speeding Edge by conducting a one-hour session during the PCB Stackup Design course. This session covers laminate building blocks, material selection, and introduces Isostack, a web-based stackup tool. This collaboration provides course participants with direct access to laminate manufacturer expertise.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Keysight Technologies: Keysight supplies TDRs, VNAs, and spectrum analyzers used for the same PCB impedance and power-subsystem verification testing that Speeding Edge offers as a service, and provides extensive application-note/training content in the same high-speed design domain.
• Ansys: Ansys offers HFSS, SIwave, and other electromagnetic and signal-integrity simulation tools, with a professional services and training arm that overlaps with Speeding Edge's high-speed PCB and EMI consulting offerings for enterprise customers.
• Cadence Design Systems: Cadence's Allegro and Sigrity/Aurora platforms provide integrated SI/PI/EMI analysis for high-speed PCBs, serving the same enterprise customers Speeding Edge consults for and competing for the same training and enablement budget.
• Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics / HyperLynx): Siemens EDA's HyperLynx is a leading signal- and power-integrity simulation suite used by the same design engineers Speeding Edge trains; it both complements and increasingly substitutes for external expertise in high-speed PCB design.

Emerging players

• Simberian Electronics Simulations: Simberian provides electromagnetic simulation tools and application support/training for high-speed PCB design, overlapping with Speeding Edge's consulting work on signal integrity and PCB stackup, though it is a software vendor rather than a training firm.

Direct peers

• Beagle Training (Dr. Howard Johnson / Bogatin affiliated programs): Beagle Training delivers public and on-site engineering courses on signal integrity and high-speed design, directly competing with Speeding Edge's two-day and three-day public course program for the same enterprise engineering audience.
• Polar Instruments: Polar Instruments manufactures impedance and stackup test/measurement tools (CITS, Si8000/9000) and offers training around controlled-impedance PCB design — directly analogous to Speeding Edge's test-lab and PCB stackup training offerings.
• Howard Johnson (Signal Consulting / High Speed Digital Design): Howard Johnson is a long-standing authority on high-speed digital design who delivers seminars, technical books, and consulting on transmission lines and signal integrity — directly comparable to Speeding Edge's training and consulting model in the same niche.
• Eric Bogatin / Teledyne LeCroy (Signal Integrity Education): Eric Bogatin is one of the most prominent independent signal-integrity educators, publishing books, running the Signal Integrity Journal, and delivering training courses that directly overlap with Speeding Edge's curriculum on high-speed PCB and system design for practicing engineers.

Regional players

• EMA Design Automation: EMA Design Automation is a Cadence/Altium channel partner providing PCB design tool training and consulting across North America, comparable to Speeding Edge's on-site training and stackup design services but broader in scope and tool-vendor-anchored.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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