Keysight
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| Founded | 2014 (from Agilent and HP) |
| Founder | Bill Hewlett, David Packard (from HP) |
| Headquarters |
Santa Rosa, California, United States |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Ronald S. Nersesian (CEO) & (President) |
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| Revenue |
 US$2.91 billion (2016) |
 US$406 million (2016) |
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US$335 million (2016) |
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| Total assets |
US$3.80 billion (2016) |
| Total equity |
US$1.51 billion (2016) |
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Number of employees
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10,250 (2015) |
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| Website | Keysight.com |
Keysight Technologies, or Keysight, is a US company that manufactures test and measurement equipment and software. In 2014, Keysight was spun off from Agilent Technologies, bringing with it the product lines focused on electronics and radio, leaving Agilent with the chemical and bio-analytical products.
The name is a portmanteau of key and insight, and was chosen to convey that the company "unlocks" "critical or key insights."
Keysight's products include hardware and software for benchtop, modular, and field instruments. Instruments include oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, atomic force microscopes (AFM), automated optical inspection, automated X-ray inspection (5DX), in-circuit testers, power supplies and handheld tools. In addition, it produces electronic design automation (EDA) software (EEsof division). It mainly serves the telecommunications, aerospace/defense, industrial, computer, and semiconductor industries.
Prior to its existence as an independent company, the group that became Keysight was the electronic test and measurement division of first Hewlett-Packard, and later Agilent. HP began as a company making electronic test equipment, with the computer and life sciences products coming later. In 1999, HP spun-off all test and measurement products into Agilent and retained the computer and printer businesses. On 1 November 2014 the formal separation of Agilent and Keysight Technologies was completed, with Agilent retaining the life science businesses. The separation was implemented through a spinoff of Keysight’s common stock, intended to be tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Agilent shareholders received one share of Keysight common stock for every two shares of Agilent common stock held as of close of business Oct. 22, 2014.
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