Applied Wave Research (AWR) Press Release, 11-11-2008

 AWR's AXIEM™ 3D Planar Electromagnetic Software
Receives Prestigious Electron d'Or Award

Click to visit the Applied Wave Research websitePARIS, France, November 10, 2008 - AWR, the innovation leader in high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA), today announced that its 3D planar electromagnetic (EM) software has been chosen to receive the prestigious Electron d'Or Award in the CAE category. The award, sponsored by Electronique Magazine, the French electronic industry's leading publication, recognizes products in 12 award categories. The winner in each category is chosen by an independent jury of experts in the electronics industry and selected from products released in the previous 12 months.

"We are honored to have received the Electron d'Or award," said Edgard Palle, Country Manager for AWR France. "The technology within AXIEM is truly unique among EM simulation software, and AXIEM is the first such tool to bring EM analysis to the beginning of the design process, where its speed, capacity, and accuracy can help designers solve problems before they become enormously time-consuming and expensive to solve."

About AXIEM

AXIEM is an open boundary, method-of-moments (MoM) solver that incorporates the latest advancements in EM simulation and meshing algorithms and exploits advances in PC multiprocessing capabilities to deliver unprecedented speed and accuracy. It was developed specifically for three-dimensional (3D) planar applications such as RF printed circuit boards and modules, as well as Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic, (LTCC), Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuit (MMIC), and Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) designs. AXIEM is fully integrated within the design flow of AWR's Microwave Office(R) and Analog Office(R) high-frequency design suites, where it works in concert with overall circuit and system simulation, layout, and verification. For more information about AXIEM, visit

www.arwcorp.comAbout AWR

AWR is the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software that dramatically reduces development time and cost for products employed in wireless, high-speed wired broadband, aerospace and defense, and electro-optical applications. The company's core technology is unique among high-frequency EDA platforms in that it is inherently open and flexible. AWR continually strengthens its product portfolio with innovative new technologies that enable faster, more streamlined product development, the most recent of which are the ACE™, RFA™, and AXIEM™ tools. The privately-held company has thousands of active users and is headquartered at 1960 East Grand Avenue, Suite 430, El Segundo, Calif. 90245. For more information about AWR and its products, please visit www.awrcorp.com.AWR, the AWR  logo, Microwave Office, and Analog Office are registered trademarks, and AWR Design Environment, ACE, AXIEM, and RFA are trademarks of Applied Wave Research, Inc.Contact:
Sherry Hess
Vice President of Marketing
(310) 726-3000
hess@awrcorp.com