2. Company overview
Founded in 1976 and HQ in Austin, TX
• Dr. James Truchard, President, CEO, and
Cofounder
• Jeff Kodosky, NI Business and Technology
Fellow, and Cofounder
30+ years growth and profitability
• $1.04B revenue in 2012
6500+ employees; operations in 45+
countries
FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to
Work For list for 12 consecutive years
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4. In a recent past
Pope election in 2005 / 8 years ago
Source: http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/papst-momente-bilder-zeigen-vergleich-zwischen-2005-und-2013-a-889031.html
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5. Nowadays
Pope election in 2013
Source: http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/papst-momente-bilder-zeigen-vergleich-zwischen-2005-und-2013-a-889031.html
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13. Expectations force a redefinition of instruments
More Functionality
Reduced Cost
Smaller Footprint
Accelerated Delivery
images courtesy of Wade Lowdermilk, BAE Systems
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25. “Overall, this new system was 10 times faster and 3 times less
expensive than the previous solution. The platform also provided
the flexibility needed to adapt to all the different digital and RF
standards.”
- Sylvain Bertrand, ST Ericsson
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27. Qualcomm Results for WLAN tests
802.11a + b + g
+ 802.11n
+ 802.11ac
Early 2000 - Traditional
Rack and Stack
2007 - NI PXI RF
Instrumentation
2012 - NI PXI Vector Signal
Transceiver
10X Faster Than
Traditional
200X Faster Than
Traditional
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28. "Using the Software-designed Instrument and the WLAN
Measurement Suite, we improved test speeds by more than 200
times compared to traditional rack-and-stack instruments while
significantly improving test coverage.“
- Doug Johnson, Qualcomm Atheros
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31. Summary
•
Increasing device complexity requires a flexible and
software adaptable test platform
•
The set of FPGA, CPU and bus technologies is essential
for the Software-designed Instruments
•
High performance RF front ends are key to support the
newest wireless standards
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