For 30 years, National Instruments (www.ni.com) has been a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation – a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists in industry, government and academia approach measurement and automation. Leveraging PCs and commercial technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for test, control and design applications through easy-to-integrate software, such as NI LabVIEW, and modular measurement and control hardware for PXI, PCI, PCI Express, USB and Ethernet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,800 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. For the past seven years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.
Agilent Technologies Inc. is the world’s premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company’s 21,000 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.
About Microchip Technology
Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, providing low-risk product development, lower total system cost and faster time to market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide.The Company offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality.
Microchip serves more than 50,000 customers who are designing high-volume embedded control applications in the consumer, automotive, office automation, communications and industrial control markets worldwide.
The Company offers 8- and 16-bit PICR microcontrollers, dsPICR digital signal controllers, analog & interface products, secure data products, memory & microperipheral products and development systems. For more information, visit the Microchip website at www.microchip.com.
