TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Introduces Deepest Memory Logic Analyzer With New Applications.Five New Products Offer Largest Display Size, Deepest Memory and Unique Applications for PCI Express A high-speed peripheral interconnect from Intel introduced in 2002. Note that although sometimes abbreviated "PCX," PCI Express is not the same as "PCI-X" (see PCI-SIG and PCI-X for comparison). As a result of the confusion, "PCI-E" or "PCIe" is the accepted abbreviation. and Altera FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. Debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- 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. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today expanded its industry-leading logic analyzer (1) A device that monitors computer performance by timing various segments of the running programs. The total running time and the time spent in selected program modules is displayed in order to isolate the least efficient code. portfolio with a new modular mainframe, two new logic analyzer modules offering up to 4X the available memory in the industry, and new applications for developers of PCI Express and Altera FPGAs. Electronic design teams in the computer, communications, semiconductor, aerospace and defense, automotive, and wireless industries continue to produce increasingly sophisticated hardware designs. Designers use logic analyzers to validate and debug those designs. New testing challenges associated with high-speed designs make highly capable logic-analysis tools an essential element of each design team's test process. Agilent has addressed these needs with its new 16900 products. The Agilent 16901A two-slot modular mainframe comes equipped with an industry-leading 15-inch display and touch-screen interface. Touch-screen capability offers fast, intuitive interaction, and works well when limited bench space hinders the use of a mouse and keyboard. The 16901A provides a multiframe Pro interface, allowing connection and cross-triggering of other Agilent 16900 Series logic analyzer mainframes. Multiframe Pro helps to speed the debug of sophisticated digital systems where more than one logic analyzer is needed. Agilent's new 16950B 68-channel logic analyzer offers state analysis capture up to 667 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. and maximum data rate of 1066 Mb/s with up to 64M of acquisition memory. The 16950B offers the performance necessary to validate leading-edge designs in the computer and semiconductor industries, such as DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory 3 and front-side bus designs. Agilent's new 16951B 68-channel logic analyzer module offers the same acquisition performance as the 16950B, but in addition quadruples the industry's maximum memory depth to 256M samples. Logic analyzers are fundamentally single-shot instruments that trigger on the infrequent occurrence of problems in digital systems. When these anomalies occur, engineers want to improve the probability that the symptom that caused the failure is contained in the measurement. Along with these logic analyzer introductions, Agilent offers two new applications that will speed the development of PCI Express and Altera FPGA-based designs: * Agilent's FSI-60112 PCIe Gen 1 probe offers support for embedded designers adopting the PCIe serial standard within their design. It offers support for X1, X2 and X4 lane widths, and when used with the 16800 portable logic analyzer offers the lowest-cost logic analyzer-based solution for PCIe in the marketplace. * Agilent's B4656A FPGA dynamic probe for Altera gives engineers unprecedented visibility into their Altera FPGA designs, allowing them to debug and validate their designs more quickly. "Agilent offers design teams the logic analyzer performance and applications they need to validate today's designs," said Sigi Gross, general manager of Agilent's Digital Verification Solutions division. "FPGAs and serial buses such as PCI Express are prevalent in embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. . Agilent is focused on providing the test tools necessary to help our customers brings these designs to market quickly." Product images and additional information about Agilent's new 16900 Series Logic Analysis System and the company's complete line of validation and debug tools is available at www.agilent.com/find/logic_press. U.S. Pricing and Availability The Agilent 16900 Series products are available today at the following prices: Model < < Description Price 16901A < < Logic analyzer starting at $14,000 16950B < < 68 channel logic starting at $23,500 16951B < < 68 channel logic starting at $65,000 FSI-60112 < < PCI Express probe starting at $19,500 B4656A < < FPGA dynamic probe starting at $3,000 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 18,500 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $5.1 billion in fiscal 2005. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. 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