{"49644":{"#nid":"49644","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Georgia Electronic Design Center Receives $40 Million in Agilent EDA Software","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Electronic Design\nCenter (GEDC) at Georgia Tech has received $40 million in EDA software, support\nand training from California-based Agilent Technologies Inc. The gift was an unprecedented\nin-kind gift for the facility and the School of Electrical and Computer\nEngineering (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe multi-year commitment,\nwhich will begin in 2010 and continue through 2012, marks the second phase of\nAgilent\u2019s work with GEDC. The company made a similar in-kind gift in 2007 of\nEDA software and tools valued at $13 million.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe commitment reflects\nAgilent\u2019s continuing investment in the university community and the company\u2019s\ndedication to staying at the leading edge of the world of electronic design.\nThe selection of Georgia Tech and the GEDC team, under the leadership of Dr.\nJoy Laskar, continues Agilent\u2019s alignment with one of the world\u2019s leading\nresearch centers in communication technology. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAccess to Agilent\ntechnology has been invaluable to GEDC research and student training\u201d said\nLaskar \u201cAs GEDC strives to maintain its place as a world leader in\ncommunication research technology, the Agilent alliance is one of the strong\nfoundations of that leadership position\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis new agreement further\ndevelops the relationship between Georgia Tech and Agilent and provides an\noutlet for smaller start-up companies to gain access to Agilent EDA software\nand technologies through GEDC. The Agilent EDA Simulation Center currently\nprovides RF, microwave-system and circuit-design instruction and research for\nstudents and start-up companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EQualified start-ups can\nutilize the Agilent tools at GEDC at no cost for the first year of a company\u2019s\nlaunch and at a reduced rate for the following three years of incubation,\nhelping to alleviate the financial burden for new electronic design companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is a hotbed\nof great ideas that can be turned into commercial success,\u201d said Stephen\nFleming, vice provost of the Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech.\n\u201cWithin the area of semiconductor design, companies\u2019 access to design systems\nat low cost is essential to the development and prototyping process. Agilent\u2019s\ngift solves this problem for our companies. We are greatly indebted to them for\ntheir most generous donation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe accessibility to\nAgilent products is already driving new enterprises to Atlanta and the\nresources at GEDC.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen we decided to\nrelocate our start-up company from California to Atlanta, there were several\nmajor reasons driving that decision,\u201d said Jeff Galloway, co-founder of \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESilicon Creations. \u201cAccess\nto Georgia Tech, quality of life, cost of living, etc. A major benefit to us\nhas been the no-cost access to Agilent\u2019s suite of design tools via their\nGeorgia Tech Design Simulation Design donation. We look forward to a long term\nassociation and partnership.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis second phase of the\nGeorgia Tech-Agilent partnership will also introduce Agilent Student Liaisons,\ntwo graduate research assistants who will deliver software training as well as\ncoordinate and supervise research projects that utilize Agilent software and\ntools.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are grateful for this latest\nin-kind commitment from Agilent, which is the largest that ECE has ever\nreceived and for the company\u2019s longstanding and generous support of our\nefforts,\u201d said Gary S. May, Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s\nSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering. \u201cBy using these specialized\ntools on a regular basis, students will have important technical concepts enhanced\nand reinforced that they learn in our electronics and electromagnetics courses\nand while they are on the job in our research labs. Upon graduation, they will\nimmediately be valuable contributors to their employers in academia and\nindustry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECollaborations such as\nthis are vital as Georgia Tech seeks to strengthen ties with both the business\nand technology community.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThroughout its history, much\nof the strength of Georgia Tech has come from successful partnerships with\nbusiness and industry,\u201d said Dr. G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson, Georgia Tech\npresident.\u0026nbsp; \u201cAgilent has and continues to be a leader in the development\nof electronic, biomedical and nano electronics.\u0026nbsp; Strategically Agilent and\nGeorgia Tech, with our new Marcus Nanotechnology Research Center, our ongoing\nwork in the field of biomedical engineering and our growth in mixed-signal\nanalysis, have a great deal in common and work together well.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbout\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the\nnation\u0027s premier research universities. Ranked seventh among\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News\n\u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E\u0027s top public universities, Georgia Tech\u0027s more than\n20,000 students are enrolled in its Colleges of Architecture, Computing,\nEngineering, Liberal Arts, Management and Sciences. Tech is among the nation\u0027s\ntop producers of women and minority engineers. The Institute offers research\nopportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students and is home to more\nthan 100 interdisciplinary units plus the Georgia Tech Research Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout Georgia Electronic Design\nCenter\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nGeorgia Electronic Design Center is an inter-disciplinary center at Georgia\nTech broadly focused on fostering technology at the intersection of today\u0027s\ncommunications applications: wireless\/RF, wired\/copper and fiber channels. The\nactivities of GEDC provide the State of Georgia the opportunity to grow and\nexpand its technology leadership in the design of broadband (high-speed)\ncommunications systems, devices and integrated circuits. The Center is\nspecifically focused on enabling the mobile internet with innovative research\non mixed-signal systems which are at the boundary between telecommunications,\nmicroelectronics, analog\/RF and sensing technologies. These efforts produce\npartnerships with industry that attract new jobs to the state and support\nsmaller, start-up companies that create new jobs for Georgians.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout Agilent Technologies\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\n\nAgilent Technologies Inc. is the world\u2019s\npremier measurement company and a technology leader in communications,\nelectronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company\u2019s 17,000\nemployees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues\nof $4.5 billion in fiscal 2009. Information about Agilent is available on the\nWeb at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.agilent.com\/\u0022\u003Ewww.agilent.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) at Georgia Tech has received $40 million in EDA software, support and training from California-based Agilent Technologies Inc. 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