Agilent Technologies Announces Shipment of Its 2.5-Millionth Small-form-factor Transceiver; Agilent Sets the Standard for Production of Space-Saving Package.Business Editors/High Tech Writers PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2001 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A), a leading provider of innovative technologies for communications and life sciences, today announced that it has shipped over 2.5 million fiber-optic transceivers in industry-standard miniature small-form-factor (SFF (Small Form Factor) Refers to a device that is smaller than others in its field. For example, a miniature display on a cellphone is an SFF device because displays can be extremely large on monitors and TVs by comparison. See form factor. ) packages. This is the highest volume in the industry by a wide margin. The milestone indicates the enthusiastic industry response to Agilent's fiber-optic offerings. SFF transceivers provide double the fiber-optic port density of the older SC-Duplex interface standard on a typical system board. This increased port density provides more bandwidth per card with lower overall system-hardware costs. This reduces the cost and space requirements of routers, switches and other networking equipment. Agilent's SFF transceivers adhere to the same package specifications as devices from Lucent Technologies Inc., IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , and numerous other suppliers. All Agilent SFF products feature small-form-factor multi-source agreement (MSA (Metropolitan Service Area) An urban area with at least 50,000 people plus surrounding counties. There are 306 MSAs and 428 RSAs (rural service areas) in the U.S. MSAs and RSAs are used to allocate cellular licenses. ) compliance, good electromagnetic interference (EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. ) performance for panel mounting and jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle specification compliance in a cost effective design. All Agilent SFF products are designed to be produced in the company's high-volume manufacturing facilities, helping to ensure uninterrupted availability. Today, Agilent is shipping high volumes of Gigabit Ethernet SFF transceivers for enterprise (or LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. ) applications, and plans to ramp production of SONET (Synchronous Optical Network (networking) Synchronous Optical NETwork - (SONET) A broadband networking standard based on point-to-point optical fibre networks. SONET will provide a high-bandwidth "pipe" to support ATM-based services. ) devices aimed at metropolitan area network (MAN) applications over the coming months. "Agilent has the most advanced manufacturing engine in the fiber-optic market," said David Knights, Agilent's fiber optic business unit manager. "We are now delivering high volumes of Ethernet transceivers for the enterprise market, and we're aggressively applying our leadership capabilities to the MAN space." About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. With 48,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries, Agilent had net revenue of $10.8 billion in fiscal year 2000. Information about Agilent can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. This news release contains forward-looking statements (including without limitation, plans to ramp production of SONET devices aimed at MAN applications) that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the results of Agilent Technologies to differ materially from management's current expectations. These and other risks are detailed in Agilent's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2000, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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