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Agilent Technologies Announces WiMedia Wireless Library to Speed Wireless Communications Product Development
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 17, 2006
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the availability of the WiMedia Wireless Library for use with the company's Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software. The new library helps wireless systems designers and verification engineers speed development of short-range wireless communications products such as Wireless USB. The new WiMedia Wireless Library supports the WiMedia Alliance Physical Layer Specification Release 1.1. The library provides preconfigured simulation setups, signal sources and fully coded BER analysis for simulation of the circuitry used in WiMedia designs. It helps speed the development cycle by allowing system designers to analyze a system's performance such as Bit Error Rate (BER) or Packet Error Rate (PER) before all of its components are designed. The WiMedia library works within the ADS environment and with the Agilent Ptolemy simulator to streamline design and verification of UWB orthogonal frequency division multiple-access (OFDM) based designs. The WiMedia Wireless Library also can be imported into Agilent RF Design Environment (RFDE), allowing RFIC designers to access WiMedia test benches within the Cadence design environment through links developed as part of the ongoing alliance between Agilent and Cadence Design Systems. "Keeping current with the latest standards helps our customers complete designs earlier and meet the time-to-market demands of emerging wireless technologies," said Afshin Amini, product marketing manager with Agilent's EEsof EDA division. "The new WiMedia Wireless Library will help designers catch and eliminate system-integration problems early, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in a typical design cycle." The WiMedia Alliance is a not-for-profit open industry association that promotes and enables the rapid adoption, regulation, standardization and multi-vendor interoperability of UWB worldwide. WiMedia-based UWB specifications are architected and optimized for wireless personal-area networks delivering high-speed (480Mbps and beyond), low-power multimedia capabilities for the PC, consumer electronics, mobile and automotive market segments. Agilent is a member of the WiMedia Alliance. About Agilent ADS, Ptolemy and RFDE Agilent ADS offers a complete set of front-to-back simulation and layout tools and instrument links for RF and microwave IC design in a single, integrated design flow. Agilent Ptolemy is a system-level simulation and design environment within ADS based on a hybrid of data flow and timed synchronous technologies that facililitates analog/RF and digital signal processing co-design. Agilent RFDE tightly integrates RF simulation technologies from Agilent ADS into Cadence's analog and mixed-signal design flow to aid in large-scale RF/mixed-signal IC design. For more information about the WiMedia Alliance, visit www.wimedia.org. For more information about Agilent's EDA solutions visit www.agilent.com/find/eesof. For more information on Agilent solutions for WiMedia, visit www.agilent.com/find/uwb. A high-resolution image of Agilent's EDA solutions is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof-wimedia_image. U.S. Pricing and Availability The WiMedia wireless library is available now for purchase with Agilent's ADS. ADS is available now with prices starting at approximately $8,400. 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 19,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $5.0 billion in fiscal 2006. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. # # # Contact: Janet Smith |
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