"The 2008 release of Agilent EEsof's Advanced Design System software will make even grizzled engineers squeal like schoolgirls!" writes Clive (Max) Maxfield of Chip Design. Read the complete article.

If your interest is piqued, stay tuned. You'll be able to get your hands on this latest version of Advanced Design System by the end of January. We'll be sending out emails to let you know when you can download it from our Knowledge Center.

Lance Lascari, an expert RF/uW design engineer, hosts a webcast where he reveals some of the secrets he uses to be successful including his use of Genesys and Momtentum GX. View an archived version of this valuable webcast.

• Genesys: how to make a local equation global
• Genesys MFilter: sometimes user changes are re-set
• ADS Budget analysis: summary measurements
• ADS Example: using DataAccessComponent (DAC) and S2PMDIF component

The industry press is a great place to learn about the latest Agilent EEsof EDA product applications. Here are some recent articles written by Agilent engineers using our products in noteworthy applications.

• Good Behavioral Model Simulation: Key to Predicting First-Order PLL Synthesizer Performance, Planet Analog, December 2007
• The Simulation and Design of Software Defined Radios, EDA Tech Forum, December 2007
• Examining the Design and Test Challenges of 3GPP LTE, Microwave Journal, November 2007

GoldenGate Plus is a specially priced sales bundle that gives you access to the higher capacity and stronger verification capabilities of the GoldenGate RFIC simulator. This bundle allows you to access the best capabilities of RFDE and GoldenGate with many RFDE capabilities are already available in the GoldenGate simulator.

If you need the added insight that EM simulation can give you, now is the time to take advantage of a new Genesys promotion. For a limited time, you can choose from three bundles that add Momentum GX 3D-planar EM simulator to bring you 1st pass design accuracy at up to 40% off. Details

You have a pile of 24 coins. Twenty-three of these coins have the same weight, and one is heavier. Your task is to determine which coin is heavier and do so in the minimum number of weighings. You are given a beam balance (scale), which will compare the weight of any two sets of coins out of the total set of 24 coins. How many weighings are required to identify the heavier coin? Solution

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