Agilent Technologies Press Release 11-21-2008

 Agilent Technologies Electronic System-Level EDA Platform
Earns eg3.coms Editors Choice Award

Friday November 21, 11:00 am ET

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A - News) today announced that its new electronic system-level (ESL) software, SystemVue 2008, earned eg3.com’s Editor’s Choice Award and is a finalist for eg3.com’s Readers’ Choice Award. Visitors to the site can vote at www.eg3.com/techchoice until Thursday, Nov. 27.

SystemVue 2008 is an electronic design automation (EDA) platform for ESL design. It can cut physical layer (PHY) design time in half for high-performance communications algorithms and system architectures for both wireless and aerospace and defense applications.

SystemVueeg3.com is an electronic-design Web resource that indexes design information, summarizes vendor companies and design service providers, and organizes the content of major chip companies and third-party vendors into a searchable design tool for engineers and designers.

“SystemVue 2008 was developed specifically for system architects and for algorithm developers of emerging wireless PHYs such as 3GPP LTE and WiMAX™,” said Frank Ditore, SystemVue product manager, Agilent’s EEsof EDA division. “The online community of FPGA, embedded DSP and software-defined radio developers at eg3.com will benefit from learning about the solutions that Agilent has to offer.”

SystemVue ScreenshotJason McDonald, senior editor, eg3.com, said, “Increasing productivity with ESL design software and products like SystemVue helps improve communications systems design. Our editors have selected the most promising new ESL products for our Editors’ Choice Tech Award. We looked for practical products that help designers get real work done, today, and SystemVue is exactly this sort of product.”

More information about SystemVue 2008 is available at www.agilent.com/find/systemvue.

About Agilent EEsof EDA Software

Agilent EEsof EDA software is compatible with and is used to design the company’s test and measurement equipment. Additional information about all of Agilent’s EDA software offerings is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof.

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A - News) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 20,000 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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