FACT SHEET

AWR® is the innovation leader in high-frequency electronic design automation

(EDA) software. Its software products are used to design wireless
telecommunications equipment, semiconductors, high-speed computers,
networking systems, automotive mobility systems, and a variety of other
electronics-based products. The company’s mission is to dramatically increase
the productivity of gigahertz electronic product development.

AWR, headquartered in El Segundo, California, is a privately held company with

global development offices, sales offices, training centers, and distribution
channels. Its first product was launched in 1998 and today more than 700
companies worldwide deploy AWR software, including virtually every major high-
frequency electronic component and system supplier. Its radio-frequency (RF)
technology has been used in designing more than 30 percent of all mobile phone
RF integrated circuits (RFICs).

History

AWR was established in 1994 with the goal to become the dominant supplier of
high-frequency EDA technology. Through a revolutionary EDA architecture,
strategic partnerships, and strategic technology acquisitions, AWR has become
the industry's fastest growing supplier of EDA software technology and services.

The company has developed a revolutionary, next-generation product

architecture and open system platform that embodies years of knowledge and
expertise in RF, microwave, and millimeter wave design applications, delivering
an unprecedented level of design automation and productivity improvement not
offered in any other design system on the market today. AWR has introduced
some of the most exciting and compelling high-frequency design tools in the
industry, while completely resetting expectations on how fast a software
developer can react to the needs of its customers. As a result of its product
innovation and customer responsiveness, AWR has established a loyal
worldwide customer base that continues to expand rapidly.
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Products and Services

AWR’s design solutions target IC, multi-chip module, and printed circuit board
(PCB) implementations of electronic circuits and systems in the exploding
wireless, high-frequency wire-line, and electro-optical markets (applications
operating above the 1 GHz frequency range). These solutions include a complete
and integrated suite of EDA tools to streamline the design process from concept
through simulation to final physical implementation. In addition, the software
products embed enabling intellectual property (IP), including foundry device
libraries and sub-system level components, support and services. AWR also
offers a variety of complementary design services from product training, to library
development and methodology consulting.

EDA Technologies

• Analog, RF, and microwave design

• Linear and nonlinear circuit analysis
• Communications system analysis
• Electromagnetic (EM) simulation
• PCB and integrated circuit layout
• Design rule checking (DRC)

Sales

AWR has direct sales offices in the United States, United Kingdom, France,
Finland and Japan, as well as value-added resellers throughout Europe and
Asia.

Approximate Sales by Geography

• 50% North America

• 50% International

R&D Centers

• El Segundo, California, USA

• San Jose, California, USA
• Boulder, Colorado, USA
• Mequon, Wisconsin, USA
• Helsinki, Finland, Europe

© 2009 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Corporate Facts

• CEO: Dane Collins

• Employees: ~100
• Privately held
• Headquarters:
1960 East Grand Avenue, Ste. 430
El Segundo, California 90245
USA
Telephone: 310.726.3000
Fax: 310.726.3005
Email: info@awrcorp.com
Website: http://www.awrcorp.com http://www.awr.tv

© 2009 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.