SANTA CLARA and MENLO PARK, Calif., June 22, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Granite River Labs (GRL) today announced that the Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has approved GRL to provide SATA Interoperability Program Revision 1.4 product testing and certification using the Agilent SATA test solution. The test platform includes tools for transmitter and receiver characterization as well as automated test software.

SATA-IO develops, manages and drives adoption of the Serial ATA specifications. SATA is the industry-standard interface used to manage data transmission between system boards and storage devices on personal computers, laptops and server systems. Devices that use the latest version of the SATA Specification Revision 3.0 can transfer data at speeds up to 6 Gbps, which is twice as fast as the previous version of the specification.

The SATA Interoperability Program was established to ensure compatibility and interoperability of the SATA Specification in product implementations. Companies that participate in the Interoperability Program demonstrate a desire to support industry compatibility and are rewarded with a listing on the SATA-IO “Integrators List” when their products pass the testing. Companies may have their products tested at approved independent test labs.

Granite River Labs provides test services, test solutions and equipment support to help its clients comply with high-speed connectivity standards. GRL consistently teams with companies that are leaders in providing the best solutions in the market and that share a commitment to solving their clients’ test needs.

“When developers are working on cutting-edge designs, having advance access to measurements helps them address potential issues early in the design cycle and get products to market faster,” said Min-Jie Chong, program manager for SATA applications at Agilent. “Agilent offers a full range of SATA test capabilities to help customers accelerate SATA 6-Gbps tests. We are excited to work with Granite River Labs on this development.”

 “GRL is pleased to be certified as an independent test lab for Serial ATA by the SATA-IO,” said Mike Engbretson, chief technology engineer at Granite River Labs. “Agilent’s complete test solution for Serial ATA provides us with the tools we need to perform all the physical layer tests required in Revision 1.4 of the specification quickly and accurately.”

Agilent’s equipment for SATA test includes the DSAX91604A Infiniium oscilloscope, the 81134A pulse pattern generator, J-BERT N4903A/B high-performance serial BERT, the 86100D DCA-X wide-bandwidth oscilloscope and the N5990A test automation software platform from Agilent’s partner BitifEye Digital Test Solutions.

Additional information about Agilent’s SATA test solutions is available at www.agilent.com/find/sata. High-resolution images are available at www.agilent.com/find/sata_images.

A backgrounder about SATA technology and Agilent’s SATA test solutions is available at www.agilent.com/find/sata_backgrounder.

Agilent’s Digital Test Standards Program

Agilent’s solutions for digital applications are driven and supported by Agilent experts who are involved in the various international standard committees. Agilent experts are active in the Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council (JEDEC), PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG^®), Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO),USB-Implementers Forum (USB-IF), Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance, and many others. Agilent’s involvement in these standards groups and their related workshops, plugfests and seminars enables Agilent to bring the right solutions to the market when customers need them. 

About Granite River Labs

Granite River Labs (GRL) provides test services and solutions that help customers adopt high-speed connectivity technologies such as SATA, PCI Express, USB, HDMI, and DisplayPort. GRL’s test facilities are conveniently located in Silicon Valley and near Stuttgart, Germany. Information about Granite River Labs is available on the Web at www.graniteriverlabs.com.

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world’s premier measurement company and a technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences, electronics and communications. The company’s 19,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $4.5 billion in fiscal 2009. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.

ORLANDO, FL — June 23, 2010 — Freescale Technology Forum — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense market, and Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, have announced the availability of an INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS) board support package (BSP) from Green Hills Software for the VPX6-187 Power Architecture® QorIQ™ P4080 single board computer (SBC).

The new BSP enables system developers to build complete embedded hardware/software solutions based on Green Hills Software’s certified safe and secure INTEGRITY RTOS for high-performance modular computing and integrated subsystem applications in the defense and aerospace markets.

“With the introduction of INTEGRITY for the VPX6-187, Curtiss-Wright Controls continues its commitment to our customers to provide a wide range of operating systems solutions,” said Lynn Bamford, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “The VPX6-187 is the first QorIQ P4080 product in our market to provide INTEGRITY support. Green Hills Software is a recognized leader in providing advanced computing solutions and certified operating systems that address both security and safety, and we are excited to be the first SBC vendor to deliver INTEGRITY on the QorIQ P4080 to our mutual customer base.”

“For customers developing safe, secure electronic systems for aerospace and defense, Green Hills Software’s proven and widely popular INTEGRITY real-time operating system complements Curtiss-Wright Controls’ high-performance rugged board and subsystem solutions,” stated Dan Mender, vice president of business development, Green Hills Software. “The combination of our products delivers a winning platform that addresses critical design challenges our customers face to increase system security and availability while reducing product time-to-market.”

“The combination of Curtiss-Wright Controls’ high-performance QorIQ P4080-based VPX6-187 single board computer and Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY real-time operating software is a powerful solution for designers targeting rugged embedded military systems,” said Preet Virk, strategic marketing director for Freescale Semiconductor’s Networking Processor Division.

The new BSP will provide system designers with advanced, reliable system software, including BSPs and core drivers for the latest versions of the Green Hills INTEGRITY real-time operating system.

About INTEGRITY

The INTEGRITY family of real-time operating systems includes INTEGRITY, μ-velOSity, and INTEGRITY-178B, all based on the same high-reliability, hard real-time microkernel architecture that scales from deeply embedded and mobile devices to the most safety and security-critical systems. The INTEGRITY RTOS’ vast ecosystem of middleware, device drivers, 3rd party integrated software, and the innovative operating system-aware, integrated development environment – MULTI® – provides the ideal platform for next-generation connected devices.

About the VPX6-187

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing’s VPX6-187 was the first VPX SBC to combine the performance and the advanced I/O capabilities of the Freescale QorIQ P4080 processor with an extensive I/O complement to provide a highly capable processing platform for a wide range of rugged embedded and embedded military/aerospace applications. The SBC’s P4080 processor provides data bandwidth to and from memory via dual 64-bit DDR3 memory controllers and 1066 MHz. It supports one high-performance PMC site with XMC capability and a single XMC site with a full I/O complement all VITA46.9-compliant. The 187 offers both SRIO and PCIe backplane fabrics for inter-board communications and carrier card interface. A rich I/O complement including up to 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports and options for multi-function RS-232/422/485 serial ports, MIL-STD-1553, Serial ATA, TTL and differential discretes provides connectivity with other system elements reserving PMC/XMC sites for application specific requirements.

In addition to the INTEGRITY BSP, the VPX6-187 is also supported by Curtiss-Wright Controls’ standard CSA firmware. For other operating system requirements, please inquire with your local Curtiss-Wright Controls representative.

VPX6-187 Board Features

• Powerful general-purpose single board computer with Freescale QorIQ P4080 processor based on Power Architecture technology
• Eight e500MC cores at up to 1.5GHz
• 2 GB (expansion to 4GB) DDR3 SDRAM controlled by dual 64-bit controllers with ECC
• Single XMC/PMC and a single full XMC site
• Full complement of I/O capability (including Ethernet, SCSI, serial, USB 2.0, 1553, Serial ATA, TTL and differential discretes) with front panel Gigabit Ethernet connection
• 4×4 lane SRIO and/or PCIe fabric interfaces
• Continuum Software Architecture (CSA) firmware providing a comprehensive suite of system debug, exerciser, and update functions, BIT, and non-volatile memory sanitization function
• Designed for embedded and embedded military harsh-environment applications, both air- and conduction-cooled
• Available in OpenVPX™-compliant VPX and VPX-Redi configurations.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single source for embedded solutions, ranging from Processing, Subsystems, Data Communication, DSP, and Video & Graphics to the most advanced board level components and fully integrated custom systems. The Embedded Computing business group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls. For more information about Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing visit www.cwcembedded.com.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.

About Green Hills Software

Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the largest independent vendor of embedded development solutions. In 2008, the Green Hills INTEGRITY-178B RTOS was the first and only operating system to be certified by the NSA to EAL6+ High Robustness, the highest level of security ever achieved for any software product. Our open architecture integrated development solutions address deeply embedded, absolute security and high-reliability applications for the networking, military/avionics, medical, industrial, automotive, consumer and other markets that demand industry-certified solutions. Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom. Visit Green Hills Software at www.ghs.com.