ERIE, Pa. (November 6, 2009) – Bliley Technologies, Inc., a worldwide leader in crystal controlled frequency solutions, has introduced the NV45AD1725 OCVCXO (oven controlled voltage controlled crystal oscillator) configured specifically for ultra low phase noise results in vibration-rich environments.

Packaged with a standard, 1-inch-square footprint and with a .46 inch height, the 100 MHz NV45AD1725 offers the lowest phase noise available in its class, as well as design flexibility for electronics engineers specifying substitute components and upgrades. Well suited for microwave communication, radar, navigation and equipment systems, the NV45AD1725 is available in both leaded and RoHS compliant versions.

'Historically, phase noise has been a major, limiting factor related to the successful operation of sophisticated communication and radar systems subjected to vibration effects. The 100 MHz NV45AD1725 is designed to meet that specific engineering requirement. Although it is available as a standard part, customization is an option for advanced technology programs,' said Dennis Barrick, Bliley's Global Vice President of Marketing and Business Development.

To review complete NV45AD1725 OCVCXO specifications online, visit Bliley Technologies at www.bliley.com/datasheets/NV45AD1725_single_board_100MHz.pdf.

About Bliley Technologies, Inc.:

Bliley has been producing state-of-the-art, low phase noise products since 1930 and is recognized internationally as a provider of quality frequency generation solutions for these industries: SATCOM/space; military; aerospace electronics; wireless and wireline communication; instrumentation; and consumer electronics. The company specializes in producing frequency control components for demanding applications.

At its state-of-the-art, ISO 9001:2000 certified manufacturing facilities, Bliley designs and produces:

--Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillators (OCXOs)
--Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillators (TCXOs)
--Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillators (VCXOs)
--Crystal Oscillators (XOs)
--Precision AT, SC, IT & FC cut crystals
--Quartz Transducers.

For more information, contact Bliley (www.bliley.com) at 2545 West Grandview Boulevard, Erie, Pa., 16506-4512. Phone: (814) 838-3571.

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KAWASAKI (Japan), DUESSELDORF and DORTMUND (Germany) - ELMOS Semiconductor AG (FSE: ELG) and NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) today announced the availability of its four new single-chip IO-Link solutions for IO-Link slave applications. This project is based on a close cooperation with TMG-Karlsruhe. The new IO-Link solutions combine NEC Electronics' All Flash™ 78K0R 16-bit microcontroller and ELMOS IO-Link transceiver, with integrated IO-Link slave protocol stack in a single package. The part numbers differ according to their flash memory capacity; uPD78F8040 offers 32 kilobytes (KB), uPD78F8041 offers 64 KB, uPD78F8042 offers 96 KB, and uPD78F8043 offers 128 KB of flash memory.

IO-Link is the preferred standard serial digital communications protocol used for sensors and actuators in industrial automation systems. IO-Link offers the following advantages:

* Compatible integration into existing fieldbus or Industrial Ethernet environment
* Process, parameter and diagnosis data in one cable
* compatible cabling to existing sensor communication

One key advantage of using the IO-Link slave protocol stack offered with the NEC Electronics' solutions is that minor upgrades could be included if the IO-Link specification is enhanced, significantly reducing development time and effort. Alternatively, designers can opt to develop and maintain their own software stacks. The ELMOS transceiver integrates significant analogue components, which enable system designers to eliminate use of additional external components and develop a complete IO-Link slave product at low cost.

NEC Electronics provides extensive product range to include a choice of memory variants all in the same device package. Developers can choose from 4 pin-compatible memory configurations in an 8mm x 8mm 56-pin QFN package making it easy to switch to a larger memory if more software is needed. Flash sizes from 32 KB to 128 KB will be available. This also allows developers to use the same PCB for multiple designs even though different amounts of software may be required. A 32 KB device can easily be replaced by a 128 KB device without having to re-design the PCB.

To support system designers in using the IO-Link single-chip solution, NEC Electronics and ELMOS can also provide a comprehensive development kit at lower cost than most of the other kits in the market. The 78K0R Link-It! kit is available now.

The IO-Link market is now beginning to show real promise and ELMOS and NEC Electronics are working with several vendors some of whom are already engaged in development projects. ELMOS and NEC Electronics are well placed to enable system designers to quickly and easily achieve differentiated designs using the only single-chip IO-Link solution available on the market

Availability

Samples of the new single-chip IO-Link solutions are available now. Mass production of the new devices is slated to begin in April 2010, with expected monthly mass production of 500,000 units. (Availability is subject to change without notice.)

More information about ELMOS and NEC Electronics' solutions for the industrial automation market can be found at http://www.elmos.de/german/produkte/know-how/io-link.html or http://www.eu.necel.com/iolink

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All Flash is a trademark or registered trademark of NEC Electronics in Japan, America, Singapore, Hong Kong, UK, German, and China. NEC Electronics is a registered trademark or trademark of NEC Corporation. All other marks are property of their respective owners.

About ELMOS Semiconductor AG
ELMOS Semiconductor AG (FSE: ELG) is a leading developer and producer of customer-specific system solutions in the automotive sector. Based on the modular high-voltage CMOS technology, a great amount of analog mixed-signal circuitry elements such as voltage regulators, analog/digital converters, power-drives and NVM storage offer a huge range of integration possibilities for customers' ideas. In addition, MEMS-based sensor systems and dedicated packages both developed and manufactured within the ELMOS-Group, enable ELMOS to supply silicon-based microsystems. About 90 percent of sales are achieved with ASICs for automotive electronics. ELMOS is listed on the Prime Standard of the German Stock Exchange. For additional information about ELMOS Semiconductor, visit www.elmos.de.

About NEC Electronics Corporation
NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) specializes in semiconductor products encompassing advanced technology solutions for the high-end computing and broadband networking markets; system solutions for the mobile handset, PC peripheral, automotive and digital consumer markets; and multi-market solutions for a wide range of customer applications. NEC Electronics Corporation has subsidiaries worldwide including NEC Electronics America, Inc. (www.am.necel.com) and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH (www.eu.necel.com). More information about NEC Electronics worldwide can be found at www.necel.com.

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SAN JOSE, Calif., Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global design innovation, announced today that Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) has signed an expanded business agreement to establish Cadence® as its leading chip planning and mixed-signal design solutions provider. As a result of the new multi-year agreement, the Cadence Virtuoso® and Encounter® platforms, as well as the Cadence Chip Planning Solution, will make up Exar's key mixed-signal design environment for designs at 65 nanometers and below.

'We have a longstanding relationship with Cadence as they have consistently provided the technology required for our project needs,' said George Apostol, senior vice president and CTO, Exar Corporation. 'We also believe that they have the technology leadership and outstanding technical support that is vital to helping us deliver highly differentiated silicon solutions to our customers. Cadence tools, especially for mixed-signal designs, are ideal for our forthcoming data communications, storage, interface and power-management products.'

With the new agreement, Exar has chosen the Cadence Virtuoso platform for its analog and custom design and implementation technology. Additionally, the company will use Cadence Multi-mode Simulation technology for RF, FastSpice, and mixed-signal simulations. Exar will use the Cadence Encounter Digital Implementation System for digital design prototyping and floorplanning. And lastly, Exar has adopted the Cadence Chip Planning Solution as the standard for its IC conceptualization, analysis, and planning activities across the organization.

'Companies like Exar succeed through their ability to create highly differentiated designs, and are justifiably selective when it comes to the partners with whom they entrust their design flows,' said Steve Carlson, vice president of marketing at Cadence. 'Cadence welcomes the opportunity for a long-term relationship with Exar, and we look forward to helping them further distinguish their products through technical innovation and rapid market introduction.'

About Cadence
Cadence enables global electronic design innovation and plays an essential role in the creation of today's integrated circuits and electronics. Customers use Cadence software and hardware, methodologies, and services to design and verify advanced semiconductors, consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and computer systems. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with sales offices, design centers, and research facilities around the world to serve the global electronics industry. More information about the company, its products, and services is available at www.cadence.com.

About Exar
Exar Corporation delivers highly differentiated silicon, software and subsystem solutions for industrial, datacom and storage applications. For nearly 40 years, Exar's comprehensive knowledge of end-user markets along with the underlying analog, mixed signal and digital technology has enabled innovative solutions that meet the needs of the evolving connected world. Exar's product portfolio includes power management and interface components, communications products, storage optimization solutions, network security and applied service processors. Exar has locations worldwide providing real-time customer support to drive rapid product development. For more information about Exar, visit: www.exar.com.

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The SureSelect Human All Exon Kit extends the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the SureSelect Target Enrichment System to studies of all human exons, a region totaling approximately 38 Mb. Available in kit sizes appropriate for studies comprised of a few to several thousand samples, Agilent's in-solution-based SureSelect Target Enrichment System easily scales up and is well-suited for automation.

"We're excited to extend our next-generation sequencing target enrichment portfolio even further with an optimized protocol for the Applied Biosystems SOLiD System in addition to the protocol for the Illumina GAII which was released last month," said Fred Ernani, Ph.D., Agilent emerging genomics applications product manager. "The performance, ease of use and scalability of the SureSelect Human All Exon Kit combines well with the increasing capacity and efficiency of both of these next-generation sequencers."

The SureSelect Human All Exon Kit design covers 1.22 percent of human genomic regions corresponding to the NCBI Consensus CDS Database (CCDS), including more than 700 human miRNAs from the Sanger v13 database and more than 300 additional human non-coding RNAs in a single tube.

"The SureSelect All Exon Kit enrichment for the Applied Biosystems SOLiD System worked in our hands extremely well," said Dr. Michal Schweiger, MD, Ph.D., Cancer Genomics Group of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics. "The amount of input DNA required is very low and the protocol straightforward to perform. We are very happy about the technology, especially in regard to our applications studying cancer where we have limited amounts of input DNA."

Agilent's SureSelect Target Enrichment System is now the platform with the most optimized protocols for a diverse set of sequencing protocols and platforms. It supports Illumina end-sequencing and paired-end sequencing protocols in addition to fragment library format sequencing on the SOLiD System. Users of Agilent's eArray online design tool can improve the efficiency of their research by easily designing custom products to target any genome of interest, all in a single tube.

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Applications for the Agilent E5061B, part of the ENA series of network analyzers, include general RF-network measurements, such as filters or amplifier tests, and LF (low frequency) measurements necessary for loop-gain evaluation of DC-DC converters. The E5061B's frequency coverage is suitable for power distribution networks (PDN) measurements, which evaluate the quality of a DC power supply circuit. This type of evaluation is increasingly important, especially in high-speed digital communication equipment.

Features of the Agilent E5061B include:

* S-parameter test port, 5 Hz to 3 GHz, with a wide dynamic range of 120 dB at more than 1MHz, 90 dB at less than 100 Hz;
* gain-phase test port, 5 Hz to 30 MHz, switchable 1 MO/50 O input;
* DC bias source from 0 to ±40 Vdc, which can be added to AC test signal (for both S-parameter and gain-phase test port) or can be used as a sweepable DC source; and
* compact form factor with a 254-mm depth, requiring less desktop space.

"The new E5061B represents an extension of a recognized industry standard in RF network analysis capabilities from Agilent," said Akira Nukiyama, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Component Test Division, Kobe. "Delivering the excellent RF performance that is common to the ENA series, the E5061B also offers accurate LF measurement capability. It's the ideal, general-purpose LF-to-RF network analyzer that meets a variety of network measurements."

Agilent's ENA Series addresses a broad array of component and circuit tests, including EMC-related applications and automotive, wireless communications, aerospace and defense, education and medical applications. The series includes the Agilent E5071C (9 kHz to 8.5 GHz /300 kHz to 20 GHz), the Agilent E5061A/62A (300 kHz to 1.5/3.0 GHz) and now the Agilent E5061B, expanding coverage to LF measurement requirements down to 5 Hz.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

The Agilent E5061B network analyzer is available now and is priced at $31,900.

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Since the conformance test processes have been validated on the Agilent 8960, all cellular formats are supported from one platform resulting in the most comprehensive and cost-effective acoustic test solution for 2G and 3G, including HSPA+, E-EDGE and eHRPD. All acoustic conformance tests are controlled from one turn-key solution with results exported into a convenient Microsoft(r) Word document.

"The close relationship between Agilent and Hermon Labs TI, using the Agilent 8960 and integrating our solutions together, provides a much better solution for our handset-manufacturer, laboratory and wireless-operator customers," said Alex Usoskin, CEO of Hermon Labs.

"This is a strategic relationship for Agilent and Hermon Labs TI, and builds on our respective expertise to deliver a complete and cost-effective acoustic test solution that expands our test coverage for the wireless industry," said Niels Fache, general manager of Agilent's Mobile Broadband Operation.

Additional information about the Agilent 8960, the one-box solution for wireless device development, manufacturing and repair, is available at www.agilent.com/find/8960.

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"The novel nanostructures will be fabricated and characterized in-situ in this unique SPM-ALD tool in order to rapidly prototype a wide variety of next-generation devices," said Fritz Prinz, professor and chairman, mechanical engineering, Stanford University. "The SPM-ALD tool will enable us to build devices which take advantage of the quantum confinement effects present at small length scales, length scales that could not be accessed with traditional lithography methods. These devices can only be built with manufacturing tools possessing extraordinary spatial resolution."

This program focuses on the integration of ALD, a thin-film technique capable of sub-nanometer precision in thickness, with the nanometer lateral resolution SPM in a drive to extend the capability of scanning probe techniques to prototyping and device fabrication. Historically, performance of electronic devices has been limited by traditional manufacturing methods, such as optical and electron beam lithography, which are not likely to deliver feature resolution significantly below 20 nm. However, the quantum mechanical effects of electron confinement in devices 10 nm or smaller result in phenomena qualitatively different than those seen in larger devices. Taking advantage of this quantum confinement is predicted to result in a new paradigm for electronic devices.

"We chose Stanford University for this grant for the recognized expertise of professor Prinz and team, and the close alignment between the proposed research and the future of Agilent's SPM business," said Jack Wenstrand, Agilent's director of university relations. The work between Agilent and Stanford University is part of Agilent's University Relations Program, which facilitates collaborations with universities around the world. Agilent supports scientific work with universities worldwide through direct grants and collaborative research.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the addition of a 4-tap de-emphasis signal converter N4916B, an ultraflexible SSC injection and a SATA ISI channel to its J-BERT N4903B high-performance serial BERT. The new capabilities enable R&D and test engineers to accurately characterize receiver ports and channels of multigigabit serial bus interfaces, such as Quickpath Interconnect (QPI), Hypertransport, PCI Express(r), DisplayPort, SerialATA, USB3, CEI, 10GBASE-KR, 40GBASE-KR and memory interfaces.

4-Tap De-emphasis Signal Converter

The de-emphasis technique is used in the transmission of digital electrical signals at gigabit data rates. De-emphasis is a signal pre-distortion to compensate for signal degradations that occur when transmitting electrical signals with gigabit rates over PC board traces, backplanes or long cables.

Agilent's new de-emphasis signal converter, the N4916B, allows users to emulate transmitter de-emphasis with one pre- and two post-cursors, as well as individually adjust de-emphasis levels up to 12.0 dB. With its DC-coupled outputs, the signal converter tolerates even unbalanced pattern streams. The N4916B is transparent to jitter, enabling emulation of real-world de-emphasis and jitter conditions that a receiver is expected to tolerate. Agilent's new de-emphasis signal converter can be used as front-end for J-BERT N4903A/B, ParBERT or other gigabit pattern generators.

Besides its de-emphasis capabilities, the N4916B offers a unique clock-doubling option, which enables error, jitter and eye analysis with J-BERT N4903B of transmitters using half-rate clocks.

Ultraflexible SSC Injection

The spread spectrum clocking (SSC) injection is becoming more common for high-speed interconnects. SSC modulates the operating frequency of a circuit slightly to spread its radiated emissions over a range of frequencies.

J-BERT N4903B's SSC option now provides more flexible and arbitrary SSC injection capabilities that can be combined with sinusoidal jitter injection, helping R&D engineers emulate worst-case and real-world SSC conditions, especially for SATA, SAS and USB3 receivers.

SATA ISI Channel

The new Agilent SATA ISI Channel N4915-60001 helps R&D and test engineers easily reproduce precise SATA compliant stress conditions for the receiver stress test when used in combination with J-BERT N4903B.

"We are very proud to offer the industry's leading jitter tolerance test solution," said Jergen Beck, general manager of Agilent's Digital Photonic Test product line. "By adding multitap de-emphasis, ultraflexible SSC and SATA ISI channel, we significantly simplify the accurate characterization of the next-generation of serial interfaces operating above 5 Gb/s. With this introduction we confirm our commitment to enable R&D and validation teams to release robust high-speed digital interfaces for the next generation of computer, consumer and communication devices."

Benefits of the Agilent N4916B de-emphasis signal converter include:

* Easy-to-emulate transmitter de-emphasis with individually adjustable de-emphasis of 0.0 dB to 12.0 dB in 0.1 dB steps for one pre- and two post-cursors. Tolerates unbalanced pattern and is jitter transparent.
* Ability to optimize the receiver's jitter budget by compensating for signal degradations caused by the test setup, cabling and test board ("de-embedding") by using signal de-emphasis.
* Flexible usage as de-emphasis front-end for J-BERT N4903A/B, ParBERT or other gigabit pattern generators.
* Accurate eye, jitter and error analysis of half-rate clocked transmitters with J-BERT N4903B by using the clock-doubler option.

Benefits of the Agilent J-BERT N4903B Software 6.1 and SATA ISI Channel include:

* Robust receiver designs by emulating real-world SSC effects via file upload of arbitrary SSC profiles.
* Compliant SAS and SATA injection of SSC with an expanded SSC range of up to 10,000 ppm in center-spread mode, support of up-, down-, and center-spread SSC as well as new SATA ISI channel.
* Simplified setup for USB3 receiver stress test by simultaneous injection of SSC and SJ from J-BERT N4903B.

Additional information about Agilent's N4916B and J-BERT N4903B is available at www.agilent.com/find/n4916 and www.agilent.com/find/jbert. Information about the SATA ISI channel can be found at www.agilent.com/find/SATA_rx_test.

High resolution images of the Agilent N4916B are available at www.agilent.com/find/n4916B_images.

More product images are available at www.agilent.com/find/jbert_images.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

The Agilent N4916B de-emphasis signal converter with optional clock doubler is available now. Pricing starts at $39,400.

Agilent's J-BERT N4903B software rev. 6.1 for more flexible SSC/SJ injection (Option J11) can be downloaded from www.agilent.com/find/jbert at no charge.

The N4915-60001 SATA ISI Channel is available now at a price of $7,800.

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Ubisense will present and demonstrate its industrial applications on stand H50 at the Sydney Safety and Material Handling Show held on October 27-29. Staff will be present to introduce visitors to the world's leading precise real-time location system, already in use in over 400 organisations worldwide.

The Ubisense system is enabling rapid return on investment, often in less than 12 months, because the data generated provides a level of transparency in complex processes which cannot be achieved intuitively or visually.

When embedded in production processes, the Ubisense system provides location aware support to workers, reducing defects caused by human error and cutting down the time needed to execute a particular task. This in turn leads to improvements in quality and production costs.

Ubisense will join more than 300 exhibitors at The Safety Show and Sydney Materials Handling to present acres of workplace safety and materials handling solutions under one roof at the Sydney Showground from October 27 to 29, expecting 10,000 visitors.

Terry Phebey, VP Sales Eurasia Ubisense, says 'we are launching our World leading product at the Sydney show and already have installations in the region and are gearing up with local sales, implementation and support to develop our customer base in Australia and New Zealand'

About Ubisense
Ubisense is the world leader in Precise Real-Time Location Systems and Consulting Services, tracking people and assets with unmatched accuracy, and giving enterprises the power to bring visibility and control to previously intractable business processes. With over 400 customers worldwide, Ubisense is revolutionising industries today. Visit www.ubisense.net

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Additionally, leveraging the full performance capability of NAND, Micron's newest Enterprise NAND products also support the ONFI 2.1synchronous interface, delivering a 4- to 5x improvement in data transfer rates when compared to legacy NAND interfaces. Micron's 34nm Enterprise NAND portfolio includes a 32Gb MLC NAND chip and a 16Gb SLC NAND chip that can be configured into multi-die, single packages supporting densities up to 32GB MLC and 16GB SLC, respectively. Micron is now sampling its Enterprise NAND products with customers and controller manufacturers, and is expected to be in volume production in early 2010. For further explanation on Micron's Enterprise NAND products, visit Micron's Innovations blog to catch a video that describes how Micron leveraged its mature 34nm NAND process to achieve these levels of reliability.

'By leveraging our mature 34nm NAND process, Micron has developed Enterprise NAND products that support customers' high-endurance requirements. These products ensure that enterprise organizations have a highly reliable NAND flash solution – be it MLC or SLC – for design into the broader enterprise storage platform,' said Brian Shirley, vice president of Micron's memory group.

'The use of advanced NAND flash is required to achieve broad SSD adoption in enterprise applications,' said Steffen Hellmold, vice president of business development at SandForce. 'We are very excited to work with Micron and enable cost effective, reliable, high-performance SSD solutions that support stringent enterprise lifecycle requirements.'

Relevant Links
There are other ways to stay up-to-date on Micron news:

* Micron Innovations Blog: www.micronblogs.com
* Micron on Twitter: twitter.com/microntechpr
* Micron Pressroom: www.micron.com/media

About Micron
Micron Technology, Inc., is one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures and markets DRAMs, NAND flash memory, other semiconductor components, and memory modules for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, and mobile products. Micron's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit http://www.micron.com/.

Micron and the Micron orbit logo are trademarks of Micron Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the production of Micron's Enterprise NAND products. Actual events or results may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Please refer to the documents Micron files on a consolidated basis from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically Micron's most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. These documents contain and identify important factors that could cause the actual results for Micron on a consolidated basis to differ materially from those contained in our forward-looking statements (see Certain Factors). Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.

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One of the challenges associated with debugging any PCIe 2.0 problem is determining if the root cause is due to the logic design or caused by signal-integrity issues at the physical layer. Determining root cause is especially difficult in embedded designs such as medical instruments as well as communication and military designs. With Agilent's new ZIF flying leads probe, the same ZIF tip soldering point can be used with the oscilloscope for physical layer measurements or with the protocol analyzer to debug protocol problems.

"Agilent is the industry leader in PCI Express measurement, with tools that cover physical layer and protocol layer testing," said Jun Chie, marketing manager for Agilent's Logic and Protocol Test business. "With this unique coverage, we can provide our customers with leverage between these tools. This is a key time savings and cost savings for our customers, and very important especially in this economic climate."

At PCIe 2.0 speeds, reliable probing becomes even more important. Without a reliable probing solution and the right form factor, reliable data capture becomes difficult if not impossible. Agilent's ZIF flying leads probe is designed for reliable signals and ease of probing access and includes the following features:

* very low-capacitive loading that enables insight without influencing the monitored signals;
* easy-to-disconnect probe head (ZIF probe head) to protect probe connector and ensure many reuses;
* longer leads and probe length for easier access to probing points on the system under test; and
* long probe head (ZIF probe head) for access to different types of probing points.

Agilent understands that probing is key to trustworthy data, which is essential to debugging the PCIe 2.0 link. With the introduction of the ZIF flying leads probe, Agilent provides an industry-unique probe portfolio for PCIe 2.0, including the full-size mid-bus probe (straight, swizzle and split styles available), half-size mid-bus probe, slot interposer probe, flying leads probe and now the ZIF flying leads probe. Agilent's extensive probing capabilities are combined with a powerful PCIe 2.0 analyzer, with a reliable data capture engine, easy-to-use graphical user interface and a versatile form factor, making Agilent's E2960B Series the leader in the industry for PCI Express 2.0 test and debugging.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

The Agilent N4241Z ZIF flying leads probe 2.0 is available now. Pricing for a full analysis system including the ZIF flying leads probe starts at $38,500. More information is available at www.agilent.com/find/n4241z and www.agilent.com/find/pcie .

High-resolution images are available at www.agilent.com/find/N4241Z_images.

A backgrounder on PCI Express technology and Agilent's test solutions is available at www.agilent.com/find/pciexpress_backgrounder.

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Agilent's Momentum is the leading EM simulator that combines full-wave and quasi-static EM solvers for RF passives, high-frequency interconnects and parasitic modeling. Its efficient meshing, adaptive frequency sampling and threaded NlogN solver reduces simulation time. Momentum can simulate complex EM effects including skin effect, substrate effect, thick metals and multiple dielectrics. The Momentum infrastructure, for use with TSMC Mu (UTM) inductors in 1P9M and Mz+ALRDL inductors in the 1P8M TSMC 65-nm process is delivered via a certified Momentum Module. Developed and supported by Agilent, the Momentum Module includes everything that is needed to start simulating with Momentum. The Momentum Module supports both the Cadence Virtuoso and Agilent Advanced Design System (ADS) environments and is available from TSMC-Online along with the EM Tool qualification report.

"Agilent and TSMC have had an established working relationship for quite some time and we are happy to see Momentum qualified under the EM Tool Qualification program for 65-nm RFIC design," said Tom Quan, deputy director of Design Service Marketing at TSMC. "This program, as part of the TSMC Active Accuracy Assurance Initiative, allows designers to select Agilent's Momentum EM simulator as their EM simulation tool with confidence for high-frequency designs. It will also reduce time-to-market, improve design confidence and eliminate several sources of error from the design process."

"Momentum now joins our GoldenGate RF simulator on the list of Agilent's tools certified for use with TSMC's advanced RFIC nodes," said Paul Colestock, RFIC planning and marketing manager for Agilent's EEsof EDA organization. "Like Tom, I'm also pleased that our relationship with TSMC continues to bear fruit that will benefit our mutual RFIC customers."

Agilent EEsof EDA's RFIC simulation, analysis and verification solutions include a series of products aimed at the design of large-scale RFICs used in wireless communication product design. These include Agilent's GoldenGate and Momentum simulators and Ptolemy-based wireless system-level test benches. Additionally, the ADS Data Display is available for advanced data analysis. This suite delivers unique value by linking the RF system, subsystem and component-level design and analysis as part of a comprehensive design flow.

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Prior to working with IMshopping, Rainbow Appliance relied on phone support exclusively for customer service. In practice, they found certain types of questions were difficult to answer over the phone, and customer service representatives found themselves answering the same questions again and again.

Rainbow Appliance added IMshopping's Merchant Answers to their site, enabling customers to ask shopping questions on any webpage through an easy-to-use hosted widget. The company also hired a number of IMshopping community shopping guides to answer questions on their behalf. Each customer who asked a question received a personal response from an experienced shopping guide as well as clickable product recommendations embedded in the answer.

As a result of using IMshopping as a virtual salesforce, Rainbow Appliance reports over 17% of customers who asked questions on their site converted into sales. This is a significant increase from their typical 1.0 to 1.2% conversion rate before partnering with IMshopping. In addition to the spike in conversions, Rainbow Appliance saw an increase in organic traffic since all questions and answers are hosted in a heavily search-engine indexed micro-site. In fact, many questions that typically used to tie up customer service phone representatives now hold high Google PageRank positions.

Rainbow Appliance is just one of the 26 retailers who first signed up for IMshopping's Merchant Answers program last month. The new program allows any online retailer to add IMshopping's product recommendation service to their site easily at http://merchants.imshopping.com. From here, customers ask shopping questions directly on e-tailers' sites or via Twitter. Each question is then routed to shopping guides for an answer. Guides can be employees of the e-tailer or recruited from IMshopping's own community of shopping guides. Next, customers quickly receive real answers to their questions with embedded product recommendations. IMshopping's back-end tools make it easy to integrate merchant product catalogs and attach relevant products that fit customers' needs. Customers benefit from a personalized shopping experience and e-tailers are able to convert more customers into buyers. Additionally, the question and answer format creates valuable user-generated content that drives additional organic traffic beyond the initial customer inquiry.

"After integrating IMshopping on our site, we immediately saw a spike in conversions to purchases," said Jacob Maslow, VP of Marketing for Rainbow Appliance (http://www.rainbowappliance.com), one of the largest retail suppliers of household appliance in the US. "This summer season was a critical one for us, and IMshopping helped us compete with the big guys - Amazon and New Egg. We've had our best summer season yet and better than expected Q3 sales, thanks to IMshopping."

'The Rainbow Appliance sales data is proof that shopping assistance is a critical component of online retailing. It has been a pleasure working with Rainbow Appliance and seeing the tangible results of the Merchant Answers program, ' said Kevin Wray, VP of Sales and Marketing for IMshopping. 'Not only did we help them meet their summer sales goals, we helped them save money by providing a virtual sales team and driving more organic traffic to their site.'

Retailers can take a quick look at what the IMshopping widget would look like on their site by visiting the IMshopping demo at: http://www.imshopping.com/widgetdemo.action?url=Enter Your Site URL here

About IMshopping

IMshopping is a shopping assistance community and communications platform for online retailers. The company's Merchant Answers service helps online retailers convert shoppers into buyers, drive additional organic traffic, recruit shopping experts for pre-sales assistance, and connect with their customers through social media like Twitter. IMshopping was named of the top 50 shopping sites in the October 2009 issue of Consumer Reports' ShopSmart Magazine. The company is based Santa Clara, California and is backed by SK Telecom.

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CARY, NC - One Communications depends on SAS® Business Analytics to quickly and efficiently monitor the system of intercarrier compensation for calls switched between networks. The result: $500,000 saved the first year and several million dollars since.

With annual revenue of $800 million and serving customers in 16 states, One Communications finds the results significant. The company – founded as an alternative to local phone companies during telecommunications deregulation – also uses SAS Business Analytics to increase flexibility and profitability in numerous other areas.

'Before we brought billing in-house, we felt that we were not billing everything we could. In carrier access billing, there are too many chances to miss billing opportunities. Our then-CEO had concerns that as a startup company we were turning on a lot of lines without billing for all of them,' said Rick Pigeon, Vice President of Network Planning and Optimization. 'Since bringing our billing in-house and deploying SAS, we've saved millions of dollars. That's huge.'

One Communications deployed SAS Business Intelligence server, SAS® Enterprise Guide®, Base SAS and SAS/STAT® well before the global economy soured. Pigeon said SAS Business Analytics has even greater impact in tough times.

'The pressure of the tough economy drives us to become more efficient in everything that we do, especially our network costs,' he says. 'That is very significant portion of our budget. SAS allowed us to very effectively validate our network cost. There is no way an individual analyst paying a bill could pick up that bill and determine if it is accurate or not. With SAS we can process very large volumes of data from our billing system, as well as tariff data, and determine if the billing is accurate.'
Customer Responsiveness

SAS Business Analytics has also improved customer service at One Communications, said Kelly Smilanich, One Communications' Manager of Mediation. 'If Sales wants to get a new customer into the system so the revenue appears in a current quarter, we can do that in one day with SAS – 28 faster than before. The sales people can turn things around quickly, and that demonstrates how responsive we are to customer needs,' she said.

Smilanich said business analysts appreciate the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office, which allows internal clients to work with meaningful, timely data using a familiar interface.

'They now have almost a year of history on our server. They don't have to sift through their e-mail to get the information they need. They absolutely love it,' she said.

The SAS Business Analytics Framework is a powerful blend of data integration, analytics, reporting and an ever-expanding portfolio of industry and line-of-business solutions. Organizations can quickly address their most immediate business issues, extending their use of SAS over time to achieve continuous performance improvements.

About SAS
SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know® .

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PARIS and NEW YORK - AdaCore, a leading supplier of Ada tools and support services, today announced the release of GNAT Programming Studio (GPS) 4.4. This new version of AdaCore's graphical Ada-oriented Integrated Development Environment (IDE) offers an improved user interface, faster performance and greater integration with AdaCore's Project Coverage and SPARK Pro toolsets. GPS is provided with GNAT Pro on most platforms, for both native and embedded software development.

The most noticeable enhancement in GPS 4.4 is in the graphical user interface (GUI), which makes it easier for users to add new plug-ins and customize the IDE. The general navigation capabilities and documentation generation features have also been improved, ensuring consistent creation of supporting materials. And below the visible GUI, GPS now offers tighter integration with both the Project Coverage and SPARK Pro toolsets. Project Coverage's code coverage and simulator capabilities can now be directly accessed from the IDE, and support for the SPARK language has been extended, allowing improved source/annotation navigation. SPARK developers may now more easily develop SPARK language applications and invoke the SPARK Pro toolset from GPS.

'We have been systematically enhancing the GNAT Pro toolset to improve support for safety-critical and high-security applications,' commented Arnaud Charlet, GPS Project Manager at AdaCore. 'GPS 4.4 is a good illustration of our strategy. Developers of high-assurance systems may now access Project Coverage and SPARK Pro tools with the same IDE that they already use for general development.'

Enhancements in GPS 4.4 include:

* Improved user interface look and feel
* Improved memory usage and speed
* New entity views
* Enhanced documentation generation to support both API documentation and source code browsing
* Hyperlinks added in source editor for quick source and web navigation
* Support for Project Coverage toolset invocation
* Improved SPARK Pro language and toolset support, in particular source navigation for annotations
* New 'Tip of the Day' feature
* Support for filters in the locations display view
* Unified 'visual diff' within the source editor
* Support for interleaved-Ada/Expanded-Ada (.dg files) in source editor
* Outline View updated in real-time, with the ability to display entities hierarchically
* New source navigation menus to display a type hierarchy
* New plug-ins, including:
o Formatting preferences that can be automatically set from gnatpp project switches
o Sources that can automatically be reformatted on save using gnatpp
o Simplified new file creation

GPS 4.4 is compatible with GNAT Pro versions 3.16a1 up to 6.3. As with all GNAT Pro components, GPS is distributed with full source code and is backed by AdaCore's rapid and expert online support.

About GNAT Programming Studio (GPS)
GPS is a powerful Integrated Development Environment (IDE) written in Ada using the GtkAda toolkit. GPS' extensive source-code navigation and analysis tools can generate a broad range of useful information, including call graphs, source dependencies, project organization, and complexity metrics. It also provides support for configuration management through an interface to third-party Version Control Systems, and is available on a variety of platforms including Altix Linux, IA64 HP Linux, Solaris (sparc and x86), GNU/Linux (x86 and x86-64), Mac OS X, and x86 Windows (2003, XP, Vista, and 7). GPS is highly extensible; a simple scripting approach enables additional tool integration. It is also customizable, allowing programmers to specialize various aspects of the program's appearance in the editor for a user-specified look and feel.

Availability
GPS 4.4 is currently available as part of the GNAT Pro Ada Development Environment on selected platforms, and customers can download it via the GNAT Tracker tool. For the latest information on pricing and supported configurations please contact sales@adacore.com.

Webinar

A webinar focusing on the new features of the GPS 4.4 release will be presented on November 10, 2009 at 11:00 am (EST) / 5:00 pm (GMT). For more information, or to register, please visit http://www.adacore.com/home/gnatpro/webinars/

About AdaCore
Founded in 1994, AdaCore is the leading provider of commercial software solutions for Ada, a modern programming language designed for large, long-lived applications where safety, security, and reliability are critical. AdaCore's flagship product is the GNAT Pro development environment, which comes with expert on-line support and is available on more platforms than any other Ada technology. AdaCore has an extensive worldwide customer base; see http://www.adacore.com/home/company/customers/ for further information.

Ada and GNAT Pro continue to see growing usage in high-integrity and safety-certified applications, including commercial aircraft avionics, military systems, air traffic management/control, railway systems and medical devices, and in security-sensitive domains such as financial services.

AdaCore has North American headquarters in New York and European headquarters in Paris. www.adacore.com

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BRESCIA, Italy, ISPCS, Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today demonstrated its new N2X IEEE 1588v2 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) test solution that enables network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) and network operators to ensure that time-critical Carrier and Industrial Ethernet applications are synchronized. Agilent will present a white paper about this technology at the event's conference.

Operators are migrating to Ethernet because it is far less expensive than traditional transport technologies. N2X verified the interoperability of various vendors' Ethernet devices under extreme loads during the ISPCS Plug-fest using a novel test methodology.

Ethernet has no clock-transfer mechanism, which, for example, wireless networks need to successfully hand over calls when subscribers roam. PTP was standardized to provide this mechanism. However, the relation between a network's "Master Clock," which synchronizes the "Slave Clocks" within the base stations, is mediated by switches and routers that introduce delays in transport. NEMs have addressed this issue by developing switches and routers with new functionality - "Transparent Clocks" - that modify PTP messages to correct for forwarding delays and ensure clock synchronization. Since accurate timing transfer is essential for wireless backhaul, carriers can now take advantage of cost-effective Ethernet technology using Transparent Clocks.

Agilent test results show that Transparent Clocks do not always correct accurately. Agilent's new test solution measures the Correction Factor Error, which enables NEMs to develop more accurate clocking devices and network operators to evaluate the effectiveness of those devices. This is a significant advantage because the errors can be in the order of microseconds. In addition, N2X can surround a system with many virtual Masters and thousands of virtual Slaves. This "Slave-Clock Scalability" enables users to emulate extreme and realistic network conditions. Leading NEMs and early-adopter network operators are already using a prototype of Agilent's tool to test their devices.

"Before wireless carriers move from traditional backhaul technologies to lower-cost Ethernet, they must ensure that calls won't be dropped, which requires accurate synchronization of base stations," said Toni Piwonka-Corle, general manager of Agilent's Data Networks Operation. "It is vital that the Transparent Clocks implemented in switches and routers throughout the network accurately correct for forwarding delays. Agilent's new test solution, which accurately measures the Correction Factor Error, signals the maturity of the standards and will accelerate the deployment of 1588v2 devices."

Agilent's solution also tests the performance of Boundary Clocks, which mediate the relation between a single Master and multiple Slaves in large networks. A Boundary Clock acts as a Slave to one Master and as Master to many Slaves.

The N5568A IEEE1588v2 Precision Timing Protocol Emulation software is available now. It complements the N5566A Synchronous Ethernet ESMC Emulation and G.8261 QuickTool to enhance Agilent's comprehensive Timing-over-Packet test solution.

The International Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control and Communication (ISPCS) is the world's premier timing and synchronization event. Participants include Agilent Technologies, Alcatel-Lucent, BECKHOFF Automation, Brilliant Telecom, Calnex Solutions, Cortina Systems, Freescale Semiconductor, Hirschmann Automation and Control, Huawei, Imsys Technologies, IXXAT Automation, Meinberg Funkuhren, National Instruments, OnTime Networks, Oregano Systems, Rockwell Automation, RuggedCom, Semtech Corporation, Spectracom, Symmetricom, Tellabs, Time and Frequency Solutions, Wintegra, Zarlink Semiconductor, and Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

For more information, visit www.agilent.com/find/n2x.
About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 18,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $5.8 billion in fiscal 2008. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.

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