Agilent Technologies and Cisco Systems Take the Lead in Forming Quality-focused Industry Work Group; Group to Address New Standard for Production-testing of High-speed Technology.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001 Industry leaders Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) and Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. (NasdaqNM:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) have called for an industry work group to develop a new standard for production-testing of the latest Internet-enabling technology. The multibillion-dollar per year high-speed (GHz) technology places new demands on the manufacturing, testing and assembling of Internet components. The quality and reliability of printed-circuit boards that form the core of the Internet routing network and such products as high-performance servers are critical to the continuing growth and performance of the Internet. Until recently, the primary interconnection between integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. on printed-circuit boards was DC-coupled, and test techniques were well established for quality assurance. The new high-speed technology has introduced AC-coupled networks between integrated circuits on printed-circuit boards and in systems, which could render widely-adopted testing techniques obsolete. The work group will focus on a solution that can be adopted industry wide. With the new standard, electronics manufacturers can retain and extend the use of their existing test strategies and hence their investment in quality assurance. Agilent Technologies and Cisco Systems are leading the call among numerous companies that are impacted by the technology advancements. The call for participation is extended to technical representatives of electronics manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers and electronics manufacturing service providers who meet the following criteria: -- produce high-speed boards containing or likely to contain AC-coupling structures, -- design and/or build high-speed integrated circuits, -- design optical components, or -- test any of the above. The inaugural meeting is scheduled for May 21, 2001, at Agilent Technologies in Fort Collins, Colo. The meeting will be hosted by Agilent scientist and engineer Kenneth P. Parker who participated in designing original standards adopted in the 1990s by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e (1). For the Call for Participation, meeting registration, technical background and regular updates on the work group's progress, please go to www.acextest.org. 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. (1) IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1149.1, 1149.4 standards for boundary-scan technology |
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