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HAUPPAUGE, NY - Jaco Electronics announced today an agreement in principle to sell to certain assets of its components distribution business to WPG Americas Inc., a subsidiary of World Peace Industrial Group. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close within the next 30 days.

During a transition period, Jaco will provide support to its vendors and customers and to WPG with respect to logistics and enterprise resource and planning.
Jaco will now focus on flat panel displays and valued-added services.

Jaco chairman, president and CEO Joel Girsky said, “The electronic components business has been transitioning to Asia. As a result, we have decided to shift our strategy and focus on Jaco’s core competency -- displays and embedded computing. In WPG we have found a suitor that is committed to growing our North American component business."

SANTA CLARA, CA– Agilent Technologies Inc. introduces Jivaro-for-GoldenGate, designed in partnership with edXact. The parasitic model order-reduction tool is designed for use with the GoldenGate RF simulator software. It is reported to enhance RFIC simulation speed and capacity– with negligible accuracy loss.
 
“Jivaro-for-GoldenGate fills the void between circuit extraction and simulation that results from an increase in parasitic components required to model the physical reality of circuit interconnects, substrates or packages,” explains Mathias Silvant, edXact president. Combined with GoldenGate RF, Jivaro reduces memory requirements and increases simulation speed during large parasitic-dominated, post-layout netlists.
 
SAN JOSE, CA -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced it will eliminate at least 625 full-time positions, representing 12% of its global employee base, plus a substantial number of contractors and consultants by the second half of fiscal 2009. The work force reduction is estimated to save the company $150 million annually. 
 
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VANCOUVER, WAStilwell Baker's new 3,000 sq. ft. design center in Vancouver will be the firm’s core location for design for manufacturing and component engineering, the company said this week.
 
The facility incorporates state-of-the-art workstations in a secure network environment with an emphasis on responsiveness and integrated communications. 
MANSFIELD, TX– Mouser Electronics Inc. has entered into a distribution agreement with Tektronix of Beaverton, OR. Mouser’s Tektronix portfolio includes arbitrary/function generators and high quality oscilloscopes.
 
“Adding Tektronix to our line card allows us to expand our offerings to include another world renowned and trusted brand,” explains Barry McConnell, vice president of product marketing. “Tektronix’s advanced test and measurement technologies will be accessible in a variety of products, available for same-day shipping.”
SANTA CLARA, CA- Agilent Technologies Inc. introduces Electromagnetic Professional (EMPro), a design platform for analyzing electromagnetic (EM) effects on RF and microwave components. The software features a modern design, simulation and analysis environment.
 
Design entry through the 3D drawing environment, importing of 3D CAD data files and integration with ADS allow for efficient and time-saving designs. It is capable of integration with Agilent’s Advanced Design System, providing quick and efficient RF and microwave circuit design. Also, it is reported to lessen the time designers spend in set up, simulation and post processing.
 
Additional features include real-time plot updating during simulation, parameterization of 3D objects and one-time materials assignment. The software has interactive 3D editing that reduces excessive mouse movement, as well as Linux and Windows support. 
 

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