National Instruments Announces Closing
of AWR Corporation Acquisition
Combination of AWR Design Tools and NI RF Testing Platform
Helps Engineers Decrease Time-to-Market for RF Designs
NEWS RELEASE, Texas July 12, 2011 National Instruments
today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of AWR
Corporation (AWR) as planned and as previously announced on May 23.
Effective July 1, AWR, a leading supplier of electronic design
automation (EDA) software for designing RF and high-frequency
components and systems for the semiconductor, aerospace and
defense, communications and test equipment industries, will operate
as a wholly owned NI subsidiary under the leadership of the
existing management team.
The fast design cycles and increasing complexity of RF and wireless
systems demand more integration between design and test. RF system
designers need to validate their simulations with actual
measurements, while RF test engineers need to increase test reuse
and decrease test time through more design integration. By
increasing the level of integration between AWR design tools and NI
test software and hardware, NI and AWR can significantly improve
customer productivity through increased connectivity between
design, validation and production test functions.
We are excited to welcome AWR into the National Instruments family,
said Dr. James Truchard, president, CEO and cofounder of National
Instruments. The full suite of AWR design tools in combination with
a complete RF testing platform from NI will give customers a
solution to decrease the time to market of their RF designs.
NI and AWR both understand and embody the value of high-quality
software design tools and world-class customer support. The
acquisition strengthens both core software brands primarily NI
LabVIEW and AWR Microwave Office as it reinforces their breadth and
credibility while positioning both as unique but complementary
tools in the RF design flow. Additionally, the companies can better
service key accounts that use both companies tools through a
worldwide sales infrastructure that provides local support, a
critical requirement for multinational customers.
Customers should continue to contact each company through their
respective channels.
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