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Tohoku University, Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic System (CIES) and Keysight Technologies Inc. collaborated on STT-MRAM test solution as a part of consortium project, and Keysight Technologies Inc. announced to launch products based on the result of collaboration.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced to develop STT-MRAM test solution based on collaboration with Tohoku University Center for Integrated Electronic Systems (CIES) STT-MRAM activities.

"As the result of strategic collaboration with Tohoku University, Center for Integrated Electronic Systems (CIES), Keysight Technologies will launch STT-MRAM test solution early 2016," said Masaki Yamamoto, Vice President and General Manager of Hachioji Semiconductor Test Division. "Our collaboration with CIES is a key for us to develop STT-MRAM test solution that addresses various challenges in industry."

"We are delighted that our research collaboration has brought a successful result with Keysight Technologies, as one of the evidence of hope beyond the disaster. We believe the result contributes to further advancement of STT-MRAM researches worldwide." said Prof. Tetsuo Endoh, Director of CIES. Additionally, he commented as a project leader, "As one of seven themes of the CIES research consortium, which aims to create innovative core technologies for substantial energy savings in integrated electronic devices, R&D project of STT-MRAM aimed at developing non-volatile working memory and its manufacturing technologies. This project is to contribute to super low-power electronic systems, which is crucial for low carbon society with low-power electronic appliances."

About Keysight Technologies

Keysight is a global electronic measurement technology and market leader helping to transform its customers' measurement experience through innovation in wireless, modular, and software solutions. Keysight provides electronic measurement instruments and systems and related software, software design tools and services used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment and operation of electronic equipment. Information about Keysight is available at www.keysight.com.

About Tohoku University, Center for Integrated Electronic Systems (CIES)

Center for Integrated Electronic Systems (CIES) was established as the first research base of science park at Tohoku University's Aobayama new campus in October, 2012, to research the innovative integrated electronic systems with energy-saving technologies, utilizing the various basic research seeds of Tohoku University and the centripetal force of academic-industrial collaboration experiences. In Japanese universities, CIES has the first 300mm wafer process line and characterization tools that are compatible for industries R&D. It is supplying the collaboration base for open innovations between Tohoku University and companies of many materials, tools, devices, and systems, using leading-edge facilities.