Agilent Technologies ships latest release of Advanced Design System software

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 16, 2006

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced availability of the next major release of its core high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) software. The new Advanced Design System (ADS) 2006A makes it easy for designers to take advantage of RF architecture and synthesis capabilities to generate complex, high-frequency system and circuit designs within their current ADS design flow.

"The ability to create an RF system, rearrange system blocks quickly to improve performance, and then implement some of the circuits straight from the simulator makes the communications system design process faster and more efficient than ever before," said Daren McClearnon, product marketing manager with Agilent's EEsof EDA division. "By building bridges from these RF architect tools to ADS, we've given ADS users access to new technology without disrupting their established design flow. Some key customers are already adding RF Architect for ADS to their license pools, so clearly they agree."

Agilent acquired the sophisticated RF system architecture capabilities in GENESYS when it acquired Eagleware in August 2005. The company is retaining the Eagleware platform while integrating key technology into the ADS design flow to increase designers' speed and efficiency. The integrated capabilities in ADS 2006A include:

• WhatIF -- an intermediate frequency (IF) planning tool for RF system architects;
• Spectrasys -- the only continuous-spectrum RF system simulator with root-cause analysis; and
• Synthesis -- eight design assistants that implement manufacture-ready circuit-level designs, such as precise image-reject filters for RF boards.

The ADS release also contains links to the Agilent Knowledge Center for real-time application help and problem-solving. The Agilent Knowledge Center is an online technical support forum and support data archive that is accessed by more than 10,000 registered users worldwide. Today, a designer can press a button in ADS and, within seconds, have explanations and advice from thousands of other experienced users worldwide. The ADS 2006A user documentation is similarly linked.

A variety of other new technologies and enhancements are part of ADS 2006A, and additional information is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof.

For a short video presentation, visit www.agilent.com/find/eesof-ads2006a-demo. Viewers can be eligible to win a pair of Sennheiser noise-cancelling headphones in a monthly drawing.

This ADS software release is available for immediate download. Supported ADS users are encouraged to visit the Software Download area of the Agilent Knowledge Center at www.agilent.com/find/eesof-knowledgecenter.

A high-resolution image of Agilent's ADS 2006A software is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof-ADS2006A_image.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

Agilent's ADS 2006A is available now, with prices starting at approximately $8,400.

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 20,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $5.1 billion in fiscal 2005. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.

# # #

Contact:

Janet Smith
+1 970 679 5397
janet_smith@agilent.com