September 25, 2006 -- INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, SAN FRANCISCO /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE: TEK - News), a leading, worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced the new AWG7000 Series of Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWG). The AWG7000 is the world's fastest AWG, designed to meet the test needs for high-speed serial data buses and wideband digital RF devices. With 5.8 GHz bandwidth, 10 bit resolution, and sample rates up to 20 GS/s, the AWG7000 is the only AWG that can produce high-speed real-life waveforms with imperfections including noise, jitter, pre/de-emphasis and multi-level signaling up to 10 Gb/s. The AWG7000 is the fastest, most capable, and versatile signal source available for high-speed serial and wideband RF signals.
Design engineers who are developing new technologies such as SATAIII, PCI Express 2, 2x XAUI, HDMI 1.3, ultra-wideband (UWB), the latest storage devices and radar need to process large amounts of data at faster speeds, broader bandwidths and higher frequencies, and often involving the latest high-speed standards. An AWG is used by engineers in design and test processes to create, replicate and generate either ideal, distorted or "real-life" signals including noise, jitter, glitches and other imperfections to assist with prototype, debug, verification, and standards compliance for the latest serial data or wideband digital RF designs.
"Engineers have told us that they need greater performance, capability, and versatility from their signal source to keep pace with the latest technology," said Mike Higashi, Vice President, Signal Sources Product Line, Tektronix. "Tektronix designed the AWG7000 to minimize complexity for users and to provide the performance needed to match increasing serial data rates and the advance of wideband digital RF technologies. The AWG7000 can create, replicate or generate any signal and can generate up to six signals simultaneously. No other AWG can match the performance, capability and flexibility of the AWG7000. The AWG7000 will assist engineers with the development of better products and with a lower investment of time and money."
"Engineers working with high-speed serial technologies, such as the next generation of PCI Express, need high performance testing tools to simulate real-world conditions," said Jim Pappas, director of initiative marketing, Intel Corporation. "Companies such as Tektronix are developing tools to provide the capabilities that designers need to appropriately stress test their high-speed designs."
Pricing and Availability
The AWG7000 Series is available immediately for order. U.S. MSRP for the AWG7000 Series starts at $60,000 for the 5 GS/s AWG7051.
About Tektronix
Tektronix is a leading supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring products, solutions and services for the communications, computer, and semiconductor industries -- as well as military/aerospace, consumer electronics, education and a broad range of other industries worldwide. With 60 years of experience, Tektronix enables its customers to design, build, deploy, and manage next-generation global communications networks, advanced and pervasive technologies. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix has operations in 19 countries worldwide. Tektronix' Web address is www.tektronix.com.
NOTE: Tektronix is a registered trademark of Tektronix, Inc. All other trade names referenced are the service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Source: Tektronix, Inc.
