Avnet Electronics Marketing and Agilent Technologies Ink New Distribution Pact.PHOENIX -- Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), and 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: A) today announce a distribution agreement. Under terms of the new pact, Avnet will distribute Agilent's Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits MMICs, or Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits, are a type of integrated circuit (IC) devices that operate at microwave frequencies (1 GHz to 300 GHz). They typically perform functions such as microwave mixing, power amplification, low noise amplification, and high (MMIC (Monolithic Microwave IC) An integrated circuit used in high-frequency applications such as mobile phones. Also known as "monolithic microwave/millimeter-wave IC," MMICs combine transistors and passive devices (resistors, capacitors, etc. ) line of millimeter-wave semiconductor products in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Agilent MMICs are small, high-performance and cost-efficient chips that provide an attractive design solution for point-to-point radios, satellite, navigational, automotive radar, global positioning and defense/aerospace system applications - all of which require high-frequency, high-bandwidth, and high-performance active circuits. "Avnet and Agilent have teamed up to offer the breadth and depth of tools and expertise to meet design engineers' critical requirements for a variety of high-performance applications," said Jeff Ittel, senior vice president of semiconductors for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. "RF design engineers are always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. products that provide consistent, optimal performance and value. This family of millimeter-wave products allows our customers to manufacture systems with products from a single, reliable vendor." "We are excited to have Avnet representing our MMIC line of products," said Greg Ward, business development manager for Agilent. "Avnet brings an impressive reach and strong customer relationships in the RF and microwave market. This provides great potential for our expanding line of products." Contract negotiations for an Asian distribution agreement are also underway. For more information, please visit: http://www.agilent.com/find/mmic. 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 year 2006. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. About Avnet Electronics Marketing Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company. Avnet Electronics Marketing serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in 70 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's Web site is located at http://www.em.avnet.com. About Avnet With more than 250 locations serving customers in 70 countries worldwide, Avnet (NYSE:AVT) markets, distributes and adds value to the products of the world's leading electronic component suppliers, enterprise computer manufacturers and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. subsystem A unit or device that is part of a larger system. For example, a disk subsystem is a part of a computer system. A bus is a part of the computer. A subsystem usually refers to hardware, but it may be used to describe software. providers. Additionally, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of service capabilities, such as supply-chain optimization, logistics solutions, product assembly, device programming, computer system integration and engineering design assistance. For the fiscal year ended July 1, 2006, Avnet generated revenue of $14.25 billion. Visit http://www.avnet.com/. (AVT-IR) |
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