Georgia Institute of Technology receives $90M software gift from Agilent

The leading T&M and design software vendor Agilent Technologies has donated electronics engineering design software worth of $90 million to U.S. university Georgia Institute of Technology. "Georgia Tech is among the best research universities in the world, offering the largest, most diverse electrical and computer engineering program in the United States and regularly turning out the largest number of engineers in America," said Steve McLaughlin, chair of Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "Maintaining that position requires the best teachers and facilities and, increasingly, key partnerships with companies like Agilent. Thanks to Agilent's support, our students now have access to the industry's leading software and hardware tools." Agilent's latest in-kind donation is valued at approximately $90 million (book value) over three years and will comprise Agilent EDA software, support and training. The donation is being given as part of the Agilent EEsof EDA University Alliance program. It includes a tailored, three-year custom license program that provides member companies of ECE's Georgia Electronic Design Center with access to Agilent's EEsof EDA solutions. "This is one of the largest academic donations of Agilent EEsof products to a single institution and the largest software gift Georgia Tech has ever received," said Todd Cutler, general ma...