The world’s premier measurement company .When measurement matters, engineers, scientists, manufacturers, businesses, researchers, and government agencies rely on Agilent tools and solutions. From home entertainment to homeland security, from food safety to network reliability, and from communicating wirelessly to discovering the genetic basis of disease, Agilent provides the measurement capabilities that make our world more productive and a safer, healthier, more enjoyable place to live. No other company offers the breadth and depth of measurement tools and expertise to meet the world’s critical requirements for electronic and bio-analytical measurement. With our long track record and our exclusive focus on measurement, Agilent is the global industry leader—by virtually any measure.

Holtek Semiconductor is a leading professional IC design house in Taiwan having its major business activities focused in the area of microcontroller and peripheral component design and marketing. In providing devices of outstanding quality and with a rapid local support service, it has not only satisfied the needs of Holtek's global customers, but has lead to an increasing presence of Holtek MCU devices within the products of major and prominent global household consumer product manufacturers. These policies have enabled the company to enhance the professionalism and international image of its MCU devices.

The Holtek Semiconductor device range includes general purpose and specialized types of microcontrollers which in addition to being used in general purpose applications also find specialized usage in speech, communication, computer peripheral, household appliance, medical equipment, automotive and security etc. application areas. Additionally, Holtek supplies a range of power management devices and non-volatile memory peripheral devices, ensuring that customers are supplied with a functionally comprehensive set of device solutions. For more information, visit the Holtek website at http://www.holtek.com/english/

Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges to modern society: energy efficiency, communications, and security. In the 2009 fiscal year (ending September), the company reported sales of Euro 3.03 billion with approximately 25,650 employees worldwide. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S. from Milpitas, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo.

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 63,000 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, 16 and 32-bit PIC ® microcontrollers, dsPIC ® 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.

Freescale Semiconductor is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial and networking markets. The privately held company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations around the world.

In India, Freescale is headquartered in Noida. Freescale has over 1000-employees in its India operations including a research and development centre in Noida and Hyderabad and sales office in Bangalore and Pune. The India Design Center is involved in development of hardware and software designs for the embedded market.

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In August 1985, Texas Instruments (TI) set up a R&D facility in Bangalore and became the first global technology company to establish its presence in India. Ever since, India has been a great resource for TI for great talent, great leadership and great innovation.

The focus at TI India has consistently been on innovation. The number of patents filed in the US by our engineers in India is perhaps the highest from any technology company in the country. Dataquest and the Government of India have recognized TI as the most innovative company in the country.

TI India is deeply involved in developing state-of-the-art solutions for applications like wireless handsets, wireless infrastructure (base stations), video (security and surveillance, IP phones, set-top boxes), High Performance Analog, etc. Today, there is hardly any chip produced by TI that is not touched by engineers at TI India.

Since 2006, in addition to being a significant and critical R&D center for TI globally, TI India has increased its focus on the Indian semiconductor market in a big way. The company is working closely with its customers in India in a wide array of sectors such as industrial electronics (UPS, inverters, energy meters, lighting, etc.), medical electronics (ultrasound scanners, x-ray machines, ECG machines, MRI scanners, etc.), consumer, telecom and automotive. TI India has opened offices in multiple locations in the country to reach out to its customers with sales and applications support.

Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world’s most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about $800 million and employs approximately 4,425 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/

NXP Semiconductors provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions that leverage its leading RF, Analog, Power, Digital Processing and manufacturing expertise. These innovations are used in a wide range of automotive, industrial, consumer, lighting, medical, computing and identification applications. Headquartered in Europe, the company has about 28,000 employees working in more than 25 countries and posted sales of USD 3.8 billion in 2009. News from NXP is located at www.nxp.com.

Farnell India, part of the Premier Farnell group of companies, is a one-stop shop offering customers:

• A choice of 430,000+ stocked products, from more than 1200 world-class suppliers
• Fast and reliable delivery
• Free ‘best in class’ technical support
• Convenient 24 hour ordering
• Access to the latest technology
• Competitive prices with attractive credit terms

We aim to provide the best depth and breadth of products, off-line in our Farnell India catalogue (available early June), and on-line at www.farnell.in.

Our commitment to design engineers in India is UNIQUE, setting new standards of service, professionalism and customer knowledge.

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, computing and advanced technologies. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix has operations in 19 countries worldwide. Tektronix' Web address is www.tektronix.com.