Agilent Technologies and Digi-Key Announce Distribution Agreement.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. & THIEF RIVER The Thief River is a tributary of the Red Lake River in northwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Red Lake River, the Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay. FALLS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2004--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) and Digi-Key Corporation, one of the fastest growing electronic component distributors in the world, today announced that they have signed a distribution agreement. The agreement allows Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group (SPG SPG - System Program Generator. A compiler-writing language. ["A System Program Generator", D. Morris et al, Computer J 13(3) (1970)]. ) to make a broad array of its products accessible to designers via Digi-Key's vast distribution channel and real-time online service and support site. Digi-Key's inventory of Agilent products includes a full range of LEDs and displays, optocouplers, motion control encoders, RF and microwave devices and infrared and optical transceivers. These products are used in applications that span industrial, office automation, consumer electronics, home appliances, signs and signals, wireless, networking and automotive markets. "We are pleased to offer a broad range of Agilent products to our customers," said Mark Larson, president of Digi-Key. "With our industry-leading customer service and commitment to inventory Agilent products, we are able to support both prototype and design requirements, as well as our customers' volume production needs." "The addition of Digi-Key to our global distribution network will help us reach more engineers in the critical early stages of their designs," said Frank Robertazzi, vice president of Worldwide Distribution for Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group. "Digi-Key's catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. distribution channel provides another avenue for our customers to purchase samples and order literature and early production quantities online at any time." Agilent's semiconductor products are now available through the Digi-Key Web site at www.digikey.com. About Digi-Key Corporation Digi-Key Corporation is a full-service provider of prototype/design as well as production volume quantities of electronic components and has established itself as one of the fastest growing distributors in the world. Digi-Key's Web site offers complete online commerce capabilities along with 24/7 instant access to broad-based, multimillion dollar product inventory. About Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group Agilent's SPG, which had revenues of $1.6 billion in fiscal year 2003, is a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor components to the mobile phone, storage, computing, networking and broad optoelectronic application markets. Products include fiber-optic transceivers, high-speed 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. , radio frequency and microwave components, infrared transceivers, application-specific integrated circuits (hardware) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit - (ASIC) An integrated circuit designed to perform a particular function by defining the interconnection of a set of basic circuit building blocks drawn from a library provided by the circuit manufacturer. (ASICs), embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. camera modules, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and optocouplers, motion control devices and navigation sensors used in optical mice. About 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. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 28,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $6.1 billion in fiscal year 2003. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Please direct reader inquiries to Agilent Semiconductor Products Group at 800-235-0312, or e-mail us at semiconductorsupport@agilent.com. Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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